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localization

American  
[loh-kuhl-ahyz-ay-shuhn] / ˌloʊ kəlˌaɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the process of becoming or causing something to become restricted to or concentrated in a particular place.

  2. the act or process of adapting a product, such as a piece of software, to a particular geographical region.

  3. the act or process of identifying or establishing the location of something.


Example Sentences

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“Even with aggressive localization of the supply chain, certain parts and components are difficult or impossible to source within the United States,” the letter said.

From Los Angeles Times

"This study represents one of the first direct visualizations showing the localization of these two proteins on synaptic vesicle membranes," she explains.

From Science Daily

"Scarring is a localization around orbits that come back on themselves. These returns have no long-term consequence in our normal classical world -- they are soon forgotten. But they are remembered forever in the quantum world."

From Science Daily

"For our new study, we were eager to use live brain tissue to preserve the dynamics, the natural compositions, and the localization of these proteins."

From Science Daily

All five children showed hearing recovery in both ears, with dramatic improvements in speech perception and sound localization.

From Science Daily