Hypertext Webster Gateway: "localization"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Localization \Lo`cal*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. localisation.]
Act of localizing, or state of being localized.
{Cerebral localization} (Physiol.), the localization of the
control of special functions, as of sight or of the
various movements of the body, in special regions of the
brain.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
localization
n 1: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good
fix on the target" [syn: {localisation}, {location}, {locating},
{fix}]
2: (neurology) the principle that specific functions have
relatively circumscribed locations in the cortex of the
brain [syn: {localization of function}, {localisation of
function}, {localization principle}, {localisation
principle}, {localisation}]
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