Definition for OR-GAN-I-ZA'TION

OR-GAN-I-ZA'TION, n.

  1. The act or process of forming organs or instruments of action.
  2. The act of forming or arranging the parts of a compound or complex body in a suitable manner for use or service; the act of distributing into suitable divisions and appointing the proper officers, as an army or a government. The first organization of the general government. Pickering.
  3. Structure; form; suitable disposition of parts which are to act together in a compound body. Locke.

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