"settlementation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: settlementations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} settlementation (countable and uncountable, plural settlementations)
  1. Settlement, especially in an area that has no official incorporation or legal claim made on it. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-settlementation-en-noun-3~3o8xSU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. (nonstandard) The act of settling, or becoming firm or fixed in position. Tags: countable, nonstandard, uncountable
    Sense id: en-settlementation-en-noun-hbbRu6VD

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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1990, Arctic Medical Research - Volume 49, page 87",
          "text": "During the initial stages of settlementation, the availability of government housing could not keep up with the demands of a growing population.",
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          "ref": "1996, Nagarlok - Volume 28, page 30",
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          "ref": "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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          "ref": "2007, Jim McLauchlin, Christine Little, Betty C. Hobbs, Hobbs' Food Poisoning and Food Hygiene, page 161",
          "text": "Primary stage – removal of insoluble particulate material by screening, the addition of coagulants, followed by settlementation.",
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