English Explanatory Dictionary

localization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of localizing.
  2. The switch of positions in power from the colonizing population to the local population.
  3. The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.
  4. The act, process, or result of adapting translated text to fit a local culture; domestication.
  5. The state of being localized.
  6. A systematic method of adding multiplicative inverses to a ring.
  7. A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal.

Pronunciation

/ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-localization.wav /ˌloʊkəlɪˈzeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-localisation.wav

Word forms

localization localizations localisation

Etymology

From localize + -ation; compare French localisation.

Related words

localizor locale localism locality locate

Derived words

Anderson localization antilocalization autolocalization cerebral localization chromosomal localization coimmunolocalization colocalization cytolocalization delocalization dislocalization geolocalization glocalization histolocalization hyperlocalization immunocytolocalization immunolocalization L10n localizational localizationism localizationist mislocalization nanolocalization neolocalization neurolocalization prelocalization pseudolocalization pseudo-localization radiolocalization relocalization strong localization sublocalization superlocalization supralocalization translocalization ultralocalization

Translations

Bulgarian: локализа́ция Catalan: localització Cebuano: lokalisasyon Chinese Mandarin: 本地化 Chinese Mandarin: 地方化 Dutch: lokalisatie Esperanto: lokaĵigado Finnish: lokalisointi Finnish: kotoistus French: localisation Galician: localización Georgian: ლოკალიზაცია Georgian: გაქართულება German: Ermitteln des Ortes German: Ortsermittlung German: Ortung German: Ortsbestimmung German: Lokalisieren German: Lokalisierung German: Lokalisation Greek: εντοπισμός Indonesian: pelokalan Indonesian: lokalisasi Italian: localizzazione Japanese: 局在化 Japanese: 局所化 Japanese: 地方化 Korean: 국재화 Korean: 국소화 Korean: 지방화 Malay: penyetempatan Malay: lokalisasi Norman: localisâtion Norwegian: lokalisering Portuguese: localização Punjabi: ਸਥਾਨੀਕਰਨ Romanian: localizare Russian: локализа́ция Spanish: localización Turkish: lokalizasyon Turkish: yerini saptama Turkish: yerini tayin etme Ukrainian: локаліза́ція
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