deployment

transitive verb

1. Mil.
   1. to spread out (troops, etc.) so as to form a wider front
   2. to station or place (forces, equipment, etc.) in accordance with a plan
2. to spread out or place like military troops

Etymology: Fr déployer, to unfold, display < OFr desployer, to unfold < L displicare, to scatter (in ML, to unfold): see display

intransitive verb