localization

[loh-kuh-lahyz]

lo·cal·ize

[loh-kuh-lahyz] verb, lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing.
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.

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Localization is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Also, especially British, lo·cal·ise.


Origin:
1785–95; local + -ize

lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjective
lo·cal·i·za·tion, noun
lo·cal·iz·er, noun
non·lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjective
non·lo·cal·ized, adjective
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un·lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjective
un·lo·cal·ize, verb (used with object), un·lo·cal·ized, un·lo·cal·iz·ing.
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localize or localise (ˈləʊkəˌlaɪz)
 
vb
1.  to make or become local in attitude, behaviour, etc
2.  (tr) to restrict or confine (something) to a particular area or part
3.  (tr) to assign or ascribe to a particular region
 
localise or localise
 
vb
 
'localizable or localise
 
adj
 
'localisable or localise
 
adj
 
locali'zation or localise
 
n
 
locali'sation or localise
 
n
 
'localizer or localise
 
n
 
'localiser or localise
 
n

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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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