deployment

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French déploiement. Also de- +‎ ployment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈplɔɪmənt/

Noun

deployment (countable and uncountable, plural deployments)

1. An arrangement or classification of things.
2. An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
3. The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
   • H. L. Scott

     Deployments […] which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.

4. (parachuting) the start of something

Antonyms

• ployment

Hyponyms

• continuous deployment
• software deployment
• subdeployment

 

Related terms

• research and development

Translations

arrangement or classification of things

• Finnish: asettelu (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: размеще́ние (ru) n (razmeščénije)

implementation, or putting into use, of something

• Estonian: juurutama
• Finnish: käyttöönotto (fi)
• French: déploiement (fr) m
• German: Auslieferung (de) f, Verteilung (de) f (software)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: destacamento (pt)
• Russian: внедре́ние (ru) n (vnedrénije)
• Spanish: implementación f

distribution of military forces prior to battle

• Catalan: desplegament m
• Czech: nasazení n
• Finnish: joukkojen asettelu
• French: déploiement (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Aufmarsch (de) m, Entsendung (de) f
• Russian: размеще́ние (ru) n (razmeščénije), развёртывание (ru) n (razvjórtyvanije)
• Spanish: despliegue (es) m

when used in the context of parachuting: the start of something

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

References

• deployment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia