non-location
ʃən noun
Idioms 1.
a place of settlement, activity, or residence: This town is a good location for a young doctor.
2.
a place or situation occupied: a house in a fine location.
3.
a tract of land of designated situation or limits: a mining location.
4.
Movies. a place outside of the studio that is used for filming a movie, scene, etc.
5.
Computers. any position on a register or memory device capable of storing one machine word.
8.
on location, Movies. engaged in filming at a place away from the studio, especially one that is or is like the setting of the screenplay: on location in Rome.
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Non-location
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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location (ləʊˈkeɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a site or position; situation |
| 2. | the act or process of locating or the state of being located |
| 3. | a place outside a studio where filming is done: shot on location |
| 4. | in South Africa |
| a. See also township a Black African or Coloured township, usually located near a small town | |
| b. (formerly) an African tribal reserve | |
| 5. | computing a position in a memory capable of holding a unit of information, such as a word, and identified by its address |
| 6. | Roman law, Scots law the letting out on hire of a chattel or of personal services |
| [C16: from Latin locātiō, from locāre to place] | |
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Word Origin & History
location
"position, place," 1590s, see locate (v.); Hollywood sense of "place outside a film studio where a scene is filmed" is from 1914.
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