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noun
Alternative spelling of immunization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
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noun
The process of immunising signalling and traction power supplies so they don't interfere with each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: immunization
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Broader terms: protection
Narrower terms: inoculation, vaccination, sensitizing, sensitising, sensitization, sensitisation
History
From French immunisation. Equivalent to immunise + -ation or immune + -isation.
