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Deployment

[dih-ploi]

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verb (used with object)

Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.

to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately: to deploy a battery of new missiles.

verb (used without object)

to spread out strategically or in an extended front or line.

to come into a position ready for use: the plane can't land unless the landing gear deploys.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Origin:
1470–80; < French déployer, equivalent to dé- dis-¹ + ployer to fold; see ploy

Related forms

de·ploy·a·ble, adjective

de·ploy·a·bil·i·ty, noun

de·ploy·ment, noun

coun·ter·de·ploy·ment, noun

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Single parents are required to file family care plans months before deployment.

Recommending process improvements that streamline implementation, reduce expenses, and deliver quality deployment solutions.

But in recent years they have become cheap enough for wider deployment.

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Single parents are required to file family care plans months before deployment.

Recommending process improvements that streamline implementation, reduce expenses, and deliver quality deployment solutions.

But in recent years they have become cheap enough for wider deployment.

And it has pledged to spend two percent of its national income on renewable energy deployment in the country.

It's fascinating to see their deployment in reality.

Keg-size depth charges on the main deck look ready for deployment.

US officials have refused to confirm the deployment.

Researchers have long known that deployment puts a strain on families, particularly spouses.

The university's students get course extensions on the basis of their deployment papers.

The army will expand from four to six the number of infantry battalions ready for rapid deployment.

There are the usual little tweaks that need to be made, and that was the point of this first deployment.

Dirty energy comes out way more expensive, even in this early stage of clean energy deployment.

Several teams were reshuffled during their deployment for a variety of competence concerns.

And thanks to the uncertainty of deployment timelines, combat training has to be done even if overseas duty isn't on the schedule.

Nuclear deterrence theory requires the development and deployment of nuclear weapons for the threat of retaliation.

Government deployment programmes may still be needed to stimulate these investments.

The exhibit depicts everyday military life from training and deployment to combat and sacrifice.

Global warming is a global issue, and requires global deployment of solutions.

Many days, our deployment was filled with monotony and boredom waiting for the enemy to strike.

The biggest question is how the new deployment fits into the wider war on terror.

Deployment of an instrument package to film and record underwater behavior of blue whales.

But the first missions of a deployment have a way of going terribly wrong.

But that may soon change, with the deployment in screens of structures called quantum dots.

Capital deployment is different from labour deployment.

The fence is behind schedule and well over budget, and the network of electronic watchtowers is even further from deployment.

The imposition of curfews and the deployment of the army were discussed but thankfully not implemented.

The news of his deployment was met with silence in the team's first preseason meeting.

It is often the case that name tags involve the deployment of a safety pin through one's lapel.

The potential negative consequences of geoengineering the planetary climate remain too unclear to risk deployment at this point.

Researchers are also on the way to solving two big problems that have held back the deployment of sensors.

And then we'd have a fixed schedule of deployment of different kinds of gears.

And that something could be an enemy target, or a missile deployment or an impending natural disaster.

The aviation administration did not cite the in-flight deployment of one of the reversers as the cause of the accident.

America's telecoms regulator has signalled that this will not happen, so deployment has accelerated.

Its deployment marked a new phase in the old war between humans and disease.

And although none of the scientists involved advocates for the deployment of a geoengineering fix right.

Winbush got this to honor a fallen friend from a previous deployment.

Meanwhile, the military deployment has been a fiasco.

Schweitzer acknowledged difficulty in measuring how the extended deployment affects individual soldiers under his command.

He has said that it took him months to recover from his deployment.

The costs of early-stage development and deployment are inevitably far above those that companies can realize in the long run.

High costs and underdeveloped infrastructure are two factors holding back deployment of automotive fuel cells.

Officials said a technique involving the deployment of dispersants underwater, near the source of the leaks, showed promise.

And that is what is starting to happen, with the deployment of free-standing underwater.

Historically the deployment part has not been well funded.

Decisions about troop deployment will remain in the hands of national governments.

Quite what they all mean, and what signals trigger their deployment is still being worked out.

Some idea of the size of the deployment can be grasped by sheer numbers.

Meanwhile police chiefs must be readier to mobilise the extra officers whose deployment finally quelled the trouble last week.

Foster innovation in the development and deployment of next-generation energy-efficiency technologies to ensure ongoing gains.

But many investors who have raised funds for deployment in emerging markets will have trouble finding a home for their money.

Effective carbon policies can break the existing economic barriers and deployment should bring significant cost reductions.

Accelerated deployment of existing technologies will get you down the cost curve much more rapidly than a breakthrough.

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deploy (dɪˈplɔɪ)

—vb
1.	to adopt or cause to adopt a battle formation, esp from a narrow front formation
2.	(tr) to redistribute (forces) to or within a given area

[C18: from French déployer, from Latin displicāre to unfold; see display]

de'ployment

—n

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Word Origin & History

deploy

1786 as a military word, from Fr. déployer "unroll, unfold," from O.Fr. desployer "unfold," from L. displicare "unfold, scatter," from dis- + plicare "to fold" see ply (v.)).

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