What does "localization" mean?
The act of localizing.
Localization
/ˌloʊkəlɪˈzeɪʃən/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The act of localizing.
- Grammar: localization is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: adaptation, algebraic localization, allocation, americanizing.
- Useful contrasts: geographic distribution, german transformation, textile supply chain.
- Usage evidence: The localization team was made up of volunteers.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of localizing. countable, uncountable
- 2 a determination of the place where something is wordnet
- 3 The act of localizing.; The switch of positions in power from the colonizing population to the local population. Hong-Kong, countable, specifically, uncountable
"James has been responsible for the government works programme. He is the last expatriate senior official left in the administration, apart from the Attorney General, Jeremy Mathews. It has been a remarkably swift and comprehensive process of localization, and the competence of government in Hong Kong has not suffered an iota. His departure is a significant day for Hong Kong."
- 4 (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body wordnet
- 5 The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region. countable, uncountable
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- 6 The act, process, or result of adapting translated text to fit a local culture; domestication. countable, uncountable
- 7 The state of being localized. countable, uncountable
- 8 A systematic method of adding multiplicative inverses to a ring. countable, uncountable
- 9 A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal. countable, uncountable
"3) Geometric interpretation of the localization. Let V be an irreducible algebraic variety. Then P = J(V) is a prime ideal of #92;mathbb#123;C#125;#91;X#95;1,...,X#95;n#93; and so #92;mathbb#123;C#125;#91;V#93;#61;#92;mathbb#123;C#125;#91;X#95;1,...,X#95;n#93;#47;J(V) is an integral domain. The localization #92;mathbb#123;C#125;#91;X#95;1,...,X#95;n#93;#95;P is a subring of #92;mathbb#123;C#125;(X#95;1,...,X#95;n) consisting of rational functions #92;#123;f#47;g#58;f,g#92;in#92;mathbb#123;C#125;#91;X#95;1,...,X#95;n#93;,g#92;notinP#92;#125; which are defined on a nonempty subset of V. If V = {x} is a point, then P is maximal and #92;mathbb#123;C#125;#91;X#95;1,...,X#95;n#93;#95;P#61;#92;#123;f#47;g#58;f,g#92;in#92;mathbb#123;C#125;#91;X#95;1,...,X#95;n#93;,g(x)#92;ne 0#92;#125; consists of rational functions which are defined at x."
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Example
"The localization team was made up of volunteers."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "localization"?
Common synonyms include: adaptation, algebraic localization, allocation, americanizing, assignment, culturalization.
How do you use "localization" in a sentence?
The localization team was made up of volunteers.
How do you pronounce "localization"?
Pronounced /ˌloʊkəlɪˈzeɪʃən/.
Etymology
From localize + -ation; compare French localisation.