lokalisatie

Dutch

• lokalisatie
• localisatie

English

• (het binnen de grenzen houden/tot een plaats beperken) localisation/localization; containment
• (plaatsbepaling) location
• (GWIT#1) locating
• (GWIT#4: aanpassen van teksten aan landstaal en cultuur) localisation/localization
• positioning (see: ‘Positioning system’, Wikipedia)

IATE

• lokalisatie op microschaal = microscale siting
• lokalisatie van de genen = localization of the genes
• lokalisatiemodus = locate mode
• lokalisatiecode = location code

External links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positioning_system
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System

OED: ‘localize’

localize, v.

(ˈləʊkəlaɪz)

1.1 trans. To make local in character; to invest or imbue with the characteristics of a particular place or locality.

2.2 To fix or plant in a particular place or district, or in a particular part or point of any whole or system. Usually with limitative force: To restrict or confine to a particular place or area; to make local in range or currency.

b.2.b To identify with a particular locality or localities; to attach to particular districts.

c.2.c To concentrate (attention) upon a particular spot.

3.3 To attribute (in thought or statement) to a particular place or locality; to find or invent a locality for, ascertain or determine the locality of. Occas. const. to.

Hence ˈlocalizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.

Additions 1997

Add: 4.4 intr. a.4.a In Path., (of a symptom, infective agent, etc.) to be or become restricted to a particular part or parts of the body; in Ecol., (of a species) to adopt a geographically restricted area as its territory.

b.4.b Of a person: to adapt oneself to a place and settle there.