colonization

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Furthermore, the discovery of life that can only be properly studied on Mars would provide a major boost to any colonization effort.

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the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"

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noun

the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"

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Core meanings and parts of speech for colonization.

noun

the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"

Example sentences

Furthermore, the discovery of life that can only be properly studied on Mars would provide a major boost to any colonization effort.

It's quite clearly the case that we will do it when we can.- There is a proposal I recall reading that suggests all colonization/self-replicated expansion is patchy in a sort of fractal way.

We envisage a collection of ancient conserved genes driving the cancer phenotype, in which the metastatic mobility of cancer cells and the invasion and colonization of other organs merely reflects the dynamically changing nature of embryonic cells and their ability to transform into different types of tissues.> The big picture is that we attribute cancer's survival traits to deep evolution on a billion-year scale, rather than orthodox explanations that point to evolution from scratch with each case of the disease.