immobilization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.
  2. The process in which organic soil matter is decomposed and absorbed by microorganisms, and thus not available to plants.

Word forms

immobilization immobilizations immobilisation

Etymology

From French immobilisation or im- + mobilization or immobilize + -ation.

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