Meaning of LOCATION
| Pronunciation: | | low'keyshun
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- [n] a point or extent in space
- [n] a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target"
- [n] the act of putting something in a certain place or location
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| | Synonyms: | | emplacement, fix, localisation, localization, locating, placement, position, positioning |
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| | See Also: | | activity, apposition, base, collocation, determination, Earth, echo sounding, echolocation, entity, finding, fingering, here, home, implantation, interposition, jungle, juxtaposition, line, mountain pass, notch, orientation, outer space, part, pass, physical thing, planting, point, region, repositioning, set, sodom, somewhere, space, stratification, superposition, there, whereabouts | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lo*ca"tion\, n. [L. locatio, fr. locare.]
1. The act or process of locating.
2. Situation; place; locality. --Locke.
3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in
place. [U.S.]
4. (Law)
(a) (Civil Law) A leasing on rent.
(b) (Scots Law) A contract for the use of a thing, or
service of a person, for hire. --Wharton.
(c) (Amer. Law) The marking out of the boundaries, or
identifying the place or site of, a piece of land,
according to the description given in an entry, plan,
map, etc. --Burrill. Bouvier.
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| | Related Terms: | | allocation, arable land, assignment, barnyard, barton, bearings, bringing to light, case, casual discovery, catching, cattle ranch, chance discovery, chicken farm, circumstance, collective farm, collocation, condition, cotton plantation, croft, dairy farm, demesne, demesne farm, deployment, deposit, deposition, detection, determination, determining, disclosure, discovery, disposition, distinguishment, dry farm, dude ranch, emplacement, espial, estate, excavation, exhumation, exposure, factory farm, fallow, farm, farmery, farmhold, farmland, farmplace, farmstead, farmyard, find, finding, finding out, fix, footing, fruit farm, fur farm, grain farm, grange, grassland, hacienda, homecroft, homefarm, homestead, invention, jam, kibbutz, kolkhoz, lading, loading, locale, localization, locating, locus, lot, lucky strike, mains, manor farm, modality, mode, orchard, packing, pass, pasture, pen, pickle, pinpointing, place, placement, placing, plantation, plight, point, position, positioning, posting, posture, poultry farm, predicament, putting, ranch, rancheria, rancho, rank, recognition, rediscovery, reposition, revelation, serendipity, setting, sheep farm, site, situation, spot, spotting, standing, state, station, stationing, status, steading, stock farm, storage, stowage, strike, toft, tracking down, treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, truck farm, uncovering, unearthing, where |
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