deployment

4 definitions found

deployment - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Deploy \De*ploy"\, Deployment \De*ploy"ment\, n. (Mil.)
     The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in
     order to extend their front. --Wilhelm.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his
           back to the enemy are not suited to war. --H. L. Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

  deployment \deployment\ n.
     the arrangement or distribution (of resources such as people
     or equipment), in preparation for battle or work.
     [WordNet 1.5]

deployment - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deployment
      n 1: the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or
           work

deployment - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  100 Moby Thesaurus words for "deployment":
     aberration, addition, adjunct, aggrandizement, allocation,
     allotment, ampliation, amplification, apportionment, arrangement,
     array, arraying, assignment, augmentation, battle array,
     broadening, centrifugence, close formation, collation, collocation,
     concord, constitution, crescendo, decentralization, deposit,
     deposition, deviation, dispersion, disposal, disposition,
     distribution, divarication, divergence, divergency, division,
     echelon, emplacement, enlargement, expansion, extension, fanning,
     fanning out, flare, form, formation, formulation, harmony, hiking,
     increase, lading, layout, lineup, loading, localization, locating,
     location, magnification, marshaling, open order, order,
     order of battle, ordering, organization, packing, peace,
     pinpointing, placement, placing, positioning, posting, proportion,
     putting, quiet, quietude, raising, regimentation, regularity,
     reposition, routine, separation, setup, situation, splay, splaying,
     spotting, spread, spreading, spreading out, stationing, storage,
     stowage, structure, structuring, symmetry, syntax, system,
     tranquillity, uniformity, upping, widening