Migration

Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to:

Natural sciences

Migration (ecology), the large-scale movement of species from one environment to another
Human migration, physical movement by humans from one area to another
Plant migration, see Seed dispersal, the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant

Molecular diffusion, in physics
Migration (chemistry), type of reaction in organic chemistry
Seismic migration, in seismic and ground penetrating radar data processing
Microscopic motion of material caused by an external force, distinct from spontaneous diffusion, including drift current, electrophoresis, electromigration, thermodiffusion, sedimentation, in physical chemistry and materials
Planetary migration, the alteration of the satellite's orbital parameters

Data migration, the process of transferring data between storage types, formats, or computer systems
Schema migration, the management of incremental, reversible changes to relational database schemas
Software migration, the conversion, rewriting or porting of a legacy system to a modern computer systems
System migration, the tasks involved when moving data and applications from current hardware to new hardware

Piercing migration, in body modification, a process that occurs when a body piercing moves from its initial location