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mo·bi·lize
(mō′bə-līz′)v. mo·bi·lized, mo·bi·liz·ing, mo·bi·liz·es
v.tr.
1. To assemble, prepare, or put into active service: mobilized the reserve troops.
2. To assemble, marshal, or coordinate for a purpose: mobilized young voters to support the progressive candidate; mobilized public outrage against the new law.
3. To release or make available, as cells or chemical substances: hormones that mobilize calcium from bones.
v.intr.
To become mobilized: troops mobilizing for war.
mo′bi·li·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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mobilization
1. The act of assembling and organizing national resources to support national objectives in time of war or other emergencies. See also industrial mobilization.
2. The process by which the Armed Forces or part of them are brought to a state of readiness for war or other national emergency. This includes activating all or part of the Reserve Components as well as assembling and organizing personnel, supplies, and materiel. Mobilization of the Armed Forces includes but is not limited to the following categories. a. selective mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress and/or the President to mobilize Reserve Component units, Individual Ready Reservists, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a domestic emergency that is not the result of an enemy attack. b. partial mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress (up to full mobilization) or by the President (not more than 1,000,000 for not more than 24 consecutive months) to mobilize Ready Reserve Component units, individual reservists, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security. c. full mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress and the President to mobilize all Reserve Component units in the existing approved force structure, as well as all individual reservists, retired military personnel, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security. Reserve personnel can be placed on active duty for the duration of the emergency plus six months. d. total mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress and the President to organize and/or generate additional units or personnel beyond the existing force structure, and the resources needed for their support, to meet the total requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security. Also called MOB.
2. The process by which the Armed Forces or part of them are brought to a state of readiness for war or other national emergency. This includes activating all or part of the Reserve Components as well as assembling and organizing personnel, supplies, and materiel. Mobilization of the Armed Forces includes but is not limited to the following categories. a. selective mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress and/or the President to mobilize Reserve Component units, Individual Ready Reservists, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a domestic emergency that is not the result of an enemy attack. b. partial mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress (up to full mobilization) or by the President (not more than 1,000,000 for not more than 24 consecutive months) to mobilize Ready Reserve Component units, individual reservists, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security. c. full mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress and the President to mobilize all Reserve Component units in the existing approved force structure, as well as all individual reservists, retired military personnel, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security. Reserve personnel can be placed on active duty for the duration of the emergency plus six months. d. total mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress and the President to organize and/or generate additional units or personnel beyond the existing force structure, and the resources needed for their support, to meet the total requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security. Also called MOB.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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| Noun | 1. |  mobilization - act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action remilitarisation, remilitarization - the act of militarizing again demobilisation, demobilization - act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops; "demobilization of factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves" |
| 2. | mobilization - act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources" gathering, assemblage, assembly - the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly" economic mobilisation, economic mobilization - mobilization of the economy rallying - the act of mobilizing for a common purpose; "the bell was a signal for the rallying of the whole neighborhood" |
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Translations
mobilizace
mobilisering
mozgósítás
herútboî; liîsöfnun
mobilizácia
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mobilization
[ˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən] mobilisation (British) n [opinion] → mobilisation f
[resources] → mobilisation f
[troops] → mobilisation f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mobilization
n → Mobilisierung f; (Mil also) → Mobilmachung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mobile
(ˈmoubail) adjective1. able to move. The van supplying country districts with library books is called a mobile library; The old lady is no longer mobile – she has to stay in bed all day.
2. able to move or be moved quickly or easily. Most of the furniture is very light and mobile.
3. (of someone's features or face) changing easily in expression.
moˈbility (-ˈbi-) nounˈmobilize, ˈmobilise (-bi-) verb
to make (especially troops, an army etc), or become, ready for use or action.
ˌmobiliˈzation, ˌmobiliˈsation (-bi-) nounmobile phone (also mobile) see cellular phone.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
mo·bi·li·za·tion
n. movilización.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
mobilization
n movilización f; passive — movilización pasivaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.