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localization

DEFINITIONS OF: localization

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n a determination of the place where something is

Synonyms:
fix, localisation, locating, location
Types:
echo sounding, echolocation
determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
Type of:
determination, finding
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

n (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

Synonyms:
localisation, localisation of function, localisation principle, localization of function, localization principle
Types:
lateralisation, laterality, lateralization
localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain
Type of:
principle, rule
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
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