locating

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noun

1. the act of putting something in a certain place
• Syn:
placement, location, position, positioning, emplacement
• Derivationally related forms:
emplace (for: emplacement), position (for: positioning), position (for: position), posit (for: position), locate (for: location)
• Hypernyms:
activity
• Hyponyms:
stratification, juxtaposition, apposition, collocation, interposition,
intervention, orientation, planting, implantation, repositioning, set,
superposition, fingering
2. a determination of the place where something is
- he got a good fix on the target
• Syn:
localization, localisation, location, fix
• Derivationally related forms:
locate (for: location), localise (for: localisation), localize (for: localization)
• Hypernyms:
determination, finding
• Hyponyms:
echolocation, echo sounding