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A determination of the location of something
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localization
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Localization \Lo`cal*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. localisation.] Act of localizing, or state of being localized. Cerebral localization (Physiol.), the localization of the control of special functions, as of sight or of the various movements of the body, in special ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 The act of localize. 2 The state of being localized. 3 (context software engineering English) act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region. n. 1 The act of localize. 2 The state of being localized. 3 (context ...
Wikipedia
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In commutative algebra and algebraic geometry , the localization is a formal way to introduce the "denominators" to a given ring or module. That is, it introduces a new ring/module out of an existing one so that it consists of fractions $$\frac{m}{s}$$ ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target" [syn: localisation , location , locating , fix ] (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1811, noun of action from localize .
Usage examples of localization.
A former professor of English, she now runs a small software localization business in Stuttgart, Germany.
Naturally it began mainly as localized nuclei, but those localizations were merely for convenience of propaganda, teaching, and local purposes.
In a single continuous sentence it is possible to indicate relations of time, of consequence, of possession, and of localization, all of which certainly enter into the subject-verb-predicate series, but cannot be pinned down by so broad a distinction.
Furthermore, as Lyons acknowledges, within the brain sciences there is presently a general consensus that, while there is evidence for some sort of localization, there are no precise and different locations or even different sorts of brain tissue corresponding to different thoughts, sensations, or even different types of thoughts or sensations.
We can confirm this localization in living patients using magnetic resonance images (MRI).
Penfield, extending the findings of previous researchers, also uncovered a remarkable localization of function in the motor cortex.
The development of electroencephalograph, the concept of focal and generalized epilepsies, new methods of frameless stereotactic surgery contributions to postglandin biochemistry in the nervous system, localization of dystrophin skeletal muscle.