Hypertext Webster Gateway: "location"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Location \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

location
n 1: a point or extent in space
2: the act of putting something in a certain place or location
[syn: {placement}, {locating}, {position}, {positioning},
{emplacement}]
3: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good
fix on the target" [syn: {localization}, {localisation}, {locating},
{fix}]


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