Localization

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Localization \Lo`cal*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. localisation.]
     Act of localizing, or state of being localized.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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: (physiology) the principle that specific functions have
          relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part
          or organ of the body [syn: {localization of function}, {localisation
          of function}, {localization principle}, {localisation
          principle}, {localisation}]