[医] 移生, 移地发育; 集中护理(精神病人)

[ noun ]
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
<noun.act>
the British colonization of America

Colonization \Col`o*ni*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. colonisation.]
The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the
formation of a colony or colonies.

The wide continent of America invited colonization.
--Bancroft.