importation

n. the act of bringing products or materials into a country from abroad to sell them.

n. the commercial process of bringing goods or services into a country from abroad for sale. Uncountable when referring to the activity; countable when referring to specific instances.

“The government recently changed the rules for the importation of luxury cars.”

“Strict regulations govern the importation of agricultural products to prevent the accidental introduction of invasive species into the local ecosystem.”

n. the actual things that have been brought into a country from somewhere else.

n. commodities, wares, or materials that have been introduced into a country from an external source.

“The shop specializes in the importation of fine Italian silks.”

“The museum's collection was significantly enriched by the importation of several rare artifacts during the late nineteenth century.”

Formal

n. the act of bringing a new idea, word, or piece of information into a new place or system.

n. the act of carrying or conveying something, such as a concept, linguistic term, or data set, into a new system or context.

“The importation of foreign words into the language has increased with the internet.”

“The software allows for the seamless importation of data from various legacy formats into the new centralized database.”

Academic

n. a rule in logic about how different statements can be combined.

n. a rule of replacement in propositional logic stating that if P implies that Q implies R, then P and Q together imply R.

“The student used the law of importation to simplify the complex logical proof.”

“In formal logic, the principle of importation allows for the conversion of a conditional statement with a nested antecedent into a single conjunction.”

Technical