settlementation

plural settlementations

1. countableuncountableSettlement, especially in an area that has no official incorporation or legal claim made on it.

   John White led one of the first settlementations.

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   The first changes in the landscape are manifested by the cultivation of vegetables, the establishment of vineyards, afforestation and the settlementation of the nomads, as well as by the industrial installations in the capital and, still more so, by those in the countryside where they give the effect of being foreign bodies.

   1965, Mundus - Volumes 1-2, page 29

   There were relatively few, but large and widely scattered villages (rural towns) and in the space between a scattered settlementation of dry-stone shelters and masserie.

   1987, Danish journal of geography, page 40

   During the initial stages of settlementation, the availability of government housing could not keep up with the demands of a growing population.

   1990, Arctic Medical Research - Volume 49, page 87

   Entire settlementation at risk due to unequal and unpredictable time limit for land subsidence.

   1996, Nagarlok - Volume 28, page 30

2. countablenonstandarduncountableThe act of settling, or becoming firm or fixed in position.

   The reinforced steel columns showed no signs of over-stressing due to uneven settlementation.

   1999, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia Appropriations, District of Columbia Appropriations for 1999: Hearings, page 2099

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   On the other hand, it is necessary to have a highly structured vegetation on shore and good attainable feeding grounds near the waters. These are the suppositions of settlementation of waters by geese.

   1982, Aquila: - Volumes 88-90, page 170

   Primary stage – removal of insoluble particulate material by screening, the addition of coagulants, followed by settlementation.

   2007, Jim McLauchlin, Christine Little, Betty C. Hobbs, Hobbs' Food Poisoning and Food Hygiene, page 161