noun
Meaning 1
The act of localizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
localization
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
The act of localizing.
The switch of positions in power from the colonizing population to the local population.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hong-Kong, countable, specifically, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 3
The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
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noun
Meaning 4
The act, process, or result of adapting translated text to fit a local culture; domestication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, computing, engineering, human-sciences, linguistics, marketing, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software, translation-studies
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noun
Meaning 5
The state of being localized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A systematic method of adding multiplicative inverses to a ring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
a determination of the place where something is
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he got a good fix on the target
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: localisation, location, locating, fix
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: determination, finding
Narrower terms: echolocation, echo sounding
noun
Meaning 9
(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle, localisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: principle, rule
Narrower terms: lateralization, lateralisation, laterality
History
Etymology
From localize + -ation; compare French localisation.
Across languages
Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: lokalisasie — act of localizing
- Bulgarian: локализа́ция (lokalizácija) — act of localizing
- Catalan: localització — act of localizing
- Cebuano: lokalisasyon — act of localizing
- Chinese Mandarin: 本地化 (běndìhuà) — act of localizing
- Chinese Mandarin: 地方化 (dìfānghuà) — act of localizing
- Czech: lokalizace — act of localizing
- Dutch: lokalisatie — act of localizing
- Esperanto: lokaĵigado — act of localizing
- Finnish: lokalisointi — act of localizing
- Finnish: kotoistus — act of localizing
- French: localisation — act of localizing
- Galician: localización — act of localizing
- Georgian: ლოკალიზაცია (loḳalizacia) — act of localizing
- Georgian: გაქართულება (gakartuleba) — act of localizing
- German: Ermitteln des Ortes — act of localizing
- German: Ortsermittlung — act of localizing
- German: Ortung — act of localizing
- German: Ortsbestimmung — act of localizing
- German: Lokalisieren — act of localizing
- German: Lokalisierung — act of localizing
- German: Lokalisation — act of localizing
- Greek: εντοπισμός (entopismós) — act of localizing
- Indonesian: pelokalan — act of localizing
- Indonesian: lokalisasi — act of localizing
- Italian: localizzazione — act of localizing
- Japanese: 局在化 (kyokuzaika) — act of localizing
- Japanese: 局所化 (kyokushoka) — act of localizing
- Japanese: 地方化 (chihōka) — act of localizing
- Korean: 국재화 (gukjaehwa) — act of localizing
- Korean: 국소화 (guksohwa) — act of localizing
- Korean: 지방화 (jibanghwa) — act of localizing
- Malay: penyetempatan — act of localizing
- Malay: lokalisasi — act of localizing
- Norman: localisâtion — act of localizing
- Norwegian: lokalisering — act of localizing
- Occitan: localizacion — act of localizing
- Portuguese: localização — act of localizing
- Punjabi: ਸਥਾਨੀਕਰਨ (sathānīkran) — act of localizing
- Romanian: localizare — act of localizing
- Romanian: localizație — act of localizing
- Russian: локализа́ция (lokalizácija) — act of localizing
- Slovak: lokalizácia — act of localizing
- Spanish: localización — act of localizing
- Swedish: lokalisering — act of localizing
- Turkish: lokalizasyon — act of localizing
- Turkish: yerini saptama — act of localizing
- Turkish: yerini tayin etme — act of localizing
- Ukrainian: локаліза́ція (lokalizácija) — act of localizing
- Welsh: lleoleiddiad — act of localizing
- Bulgarian: локализа́ция (lokalizácija) — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Catalan: localització — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Cebuano: lokalisasyon — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Chinese Mandarin: 本地化 (běndìhuà) — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Dutch: landelijke aanpassing — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Finnish: lokalisointi — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Finnish: kotoistus — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- French: localisation — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Galician: localización — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Georgian: ლოკალიზაცია (loḳalizacia) — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Georgian: გაქართულება (gakartuleba) — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- German: Lokalisierung — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Greek: τοπικοποίηση (topikopoíisi) — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Hungarian: honosítás — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Japanese: ローカライゼーション (rōkaraizēshon) — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Korean: 로컬라이제이션 (rokeollaijeisyeon) — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Korean: 로컬리제이션 (rokeollijeisyeon) — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Malay: lokalisasi — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Norman: localisâtion — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Portuguese: localização — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Russian: локализа́ция (lokalizácija) — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Spanish: localización — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Swedish: språkanpassning — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Turkish: sınırlama — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Turkish: yerelleştirme — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Ukrainian: локаліза́ція (lokalizácija) — software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region
- Bulgarian: локализи́раност (lokalizíranost) — state of being localized
- Cebuano: lokalisasyon — state of being localized
- Chinese Mandarin: 本地化 (běndìhuà) — state of being localized
- Dutch: lokalisatie — state of being localized
- French: localisation — state of being localized
- Galician: localización — state of being localized
- Georgian: ლოკალიზებულობა (loḳalizebuloba) — state of being localized
- Italian: localizzazione — state of being localized
- Norwegian: lokalisering — state of being localized
- Portuguese: localização — state of being localized
- Russian: локализо́ванность (lokalizóvannostʹ) — state of being localized
- Spanish: localización — state of being localized
- Cebuano: lokalisasyon — algebra: systematic method of adding multiplicative inverses to a ring