motorization

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

motorization
    n 1: the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor
         vehicles) [syn: {motorization}, {motorisation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

motorization \motorization\ n.
   the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor
   vehicles).

   Syn: motorisation.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Motorize \Mo"tor*ize\ (m[=o]"t[~e]r*[imac]z), v. t. [Motor +
   -ize.]
   1. To substitute motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for
      the horses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department,
      city, etc.). [archaic] -- {Mo`tor*i*za"tion}, n.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. to equip (a piece of machinery) with a motor.
      [PJC]

   3. to provide with automobiles or other motor vehicles; as, a
      motorized army division.

   Syn: mechanize.
        [PJC]