localization
n 1: a determination of the place where something is; "he got a
good fix on the target" [syn: {localization},
{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}, {localization}, {localisation}]
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.
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