localization

Other forms: localizations

Definitions of localization

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   (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