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lo⋅cal⋅ize

  [loh-kuh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
–verb (used without object)
2. to gather, collect, or concentrate in one locality.
Also, especially British, lo⋅cal⋅ise.

Origin:
1785–95; local + -ize

Related forms:
lo⋅cal⋅iz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
lo⋅cal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
lo⋅cal⋅iz⋅er, noun
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lo·cal·ize   (lō'kə-līz')   
v.   lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing, lo·cal·iz·es

v.   tr.
  1. To make local: decentralize and localize political authority.
  2. To confine or restrict to a particular locality: localized the infection.
  3. To attribute to a particular locality: sought to localize the origin of the rumor.
v.   intr.
To become local, especially to become fixed in one area or part.
lo'cal·i·za'tion (-kə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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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 regions of the brain.
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Main Entry: lo·cal·iza·tion
Variant: also British lo·cal·isa·tion /"lO-k&-l&-'zA-sh&n/
Function:noun
1 : restriction (as of a lesion) to a limited area of the body
2 : restriction of functional centers (as of sight, smell, or speech) to aparticular section of the brain
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localization lo·cal·i·za·tion (lō'kə-lĭ-zā'shən)
n.

  1. Limitation to a specific area.
  2. The reference of a sensation to its point of origin.
  3. The determination of the location of a pathological process.

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