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Princeton's WordNet

  1. boarding, embarkation, embarkmentnoun

    the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

Wiktionary

  1. embarkationnoun

    The act of embarking.

  2. embarkationnoun

    The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.

Wikipedia

  1. Embarkation

    Embarkment (sometimes embarcation or embarkation) is the process of loading a passenger ship or an airplane with passengers or military personnel, related to and overlapping with individual boarding on aircraft and ships.

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  1. embarkation

    Embarkation is the process or act of boarding a ship, aircraft, vehicle or any other means of transportation, especially at the start of a journey. It can also refer to the instance of beginning a project or undertaking.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Embarkationnoun

    the act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops

  2. Embarkationnoun

    that which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. embarkation

    The process of putting personnel and/or vehicles and their associated stores and equipment into ships and/or aircraft. See also loading.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. embarkation

    Applies to the shipping of goods, troops, and stores. Also, the peculiar boats of a country. [Sp. embarcation.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. embarkation

    The act of putting or going on board of a vessel.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of embarkation in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of embarkation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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