mobilization

noun

Etymology: From French mobilisation or mobilize + -ation.

1. The act of mobilizing.

   “a national mobilization to fight climate change”

   “It's produced tremendous activism and backlash: there's been all sorts of demonstrations and mobilizations in civil society, there's been examples from the people from the Administration being heckled in a restaurant or not served in a restaurant, there's been a growing crescendo of conversation about what that means.”

2. The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.

   “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a key piece of legislation overhauling the country’s mobilization rules.”

3. The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place.
4. The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another.