deployment
English
Etymology
From French déploiement. Also de- + ployment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈplɔɪmənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
deployment (countable and uncountable, plural deployments)
- An arrangement or classification of things.
- An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
- The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
- 1861, H. L. Scott, Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions:
- Deployments […] which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.
- (parachuting) the start of something
Hyponyms
- continuous deployment
- software deployment
- subdeployment
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
arrangement or classification of things
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implementation, or putting into use, of something
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distribution of military forces prior to battle
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References
deployment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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