Deshelving

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The removal of goods for sale at a shop from display and availability. uncountable

    "Hence the uproar over the Olympia Food Co-op's institutional boycott of Israeli products through deshelving."

  2. 2
    The process in which electrons change to an orbital with a lower, intermediate level of excitation. uncountable

    "controlled optical deshelving"

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"Hence the uproar over the Olympia Food Co-op's institutional boycott of Israeli products through deshelving."

Etymology

From de- + shelving.

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