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localisation

localisation \localisation\ n. Same as localization. [Chiefly Brit.]

Syn: Syn.
--, location, locating, fix.

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localisation

alt. (alternative spelling of localization English) n. (alternative spelling of localization English)

WordNet
localisation
  1. n. (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body [syn: localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle, localization]

  2. a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target" [syn: localization, location, locating, fix]

Usage examples of "localisation".

It follows from this localisation, that the lower parts of the cotyledons of Phalaris, etc.

But the most striking resemblance is the localisation of their sensitiveness, and the transmission of an influence from the excited part to another which consequently moves.

Notwithstanding this and the remarkable assemblage of objects brought together at the great Tibetan exhibition of 1977 in Paris and Munich, the arts and crafts, like other aspects of Tibetan culture, remain insufficiently studied and the chronology, localisation of styles and techniques continue to pose obstinate problems.

Bullock, S, Rose, S P R, and Zamani, R Characterisation and regional localisation of pre and postsynaptic glycoproteins of the chick forebrain showing changed fucose incorporation following passive avoidance training.

We shall see other instances of such localisation or specialisation of general legends.

We can thus understand the localisation of sub-genera, genera, and families.