单词 | localization |
释义 | localizationn. 1. The action or fact of establishing or organizing something on a local level. Also: the action or fact of making something local in character, or of adapting something for a local audience or market. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [noun] > action or fact of making local localization1812 1812 Bury & Norwich Post 27 May Henry Thornton.., after explaining..the solid and permanent benefits connected with this system of localization, concluded..by representing the several Auxiliary Societies as possessing claims to the warmest gratitude of the Meeting. 1835 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 5 Sept. 403/1 The distribution throughout the whole country of useful expenditure, which the localization of manufacture and capital has before secured in monopoly to particular districts. 1872 E. Cardwell in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 209 895 With us, therefore, localization means identification with a locality for the purposes of recruiting, of training, of connecting Regulars with auxiliaries. 1914 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 461 The consolidation and localization of manufacturing interests..has increased available capital. 1953 J. L. Hanson Textbk. Econ. iii. viii. 125 In the case of the production of some cheap or bulky goods the relatively heavy cost of transport outweighs any advantage to be derived from localization, and their production is consequently more widely distributed. 2013 M. O'Hagan & C. Mangiron Game Localization ii. 87 Localization has gained recognition..as an essential industrial process required by businesses for the efficient globalization of products in electronic form. 2. Physiology and Medicine. The fact of being, or process of becoming, located in or restricted to a particular part of the body, spec. a particular part of the brain. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [noun] > process or fact of being in implantation1578 localization1826 1826 Lancet 5 Aug. 599/1 The minute study of the cerebral functions is a work of modern times, and the localization of the mental powers to certain organs is generally supposed to have originated with the present Dr. Gall. 1861 T. J. Graham Pract. Med. 214 The inflammation may be stated to be the effect of the localization in the peritoneum of the influence of a specific morbid poison. 1878 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 2) iii. vi. §3. 500 Hence it became very common to deny the existence of any localization of functions in the convolutions of the hemisphere. 1920 Med. Rec. 7 Aug. 228/1 This can easily be explained on the basis of the favorite localization of the pathologic process in the basal ganglia. 1987 Economist 13 June 100/2 Today's brain scientists believe in localisation, but subtly. 2009 H. N. Wagner Brain Imaging xiv. 186 It lead to the idea that there was localization of emotion and personality in particular parts of the brain. 3. The action of associating something with a particular place or location; the action of determining the location of something or someone; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [noun] > assignment or attribution to particular place localization1832 the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > ascertaining or determining position of anything localization1832 position-finding1877 location1900 1832 Westm. Rev. 17 405 To Bala Lake..there is a legend attached, which might be imagined to be a localization of the Deluge. 1881 W. H. Preece in Nature No. 620. 465 In order to apply this apparatus to the localisation of a bullet in a wound. 1925 Official Gaz. Kenya 5 Aug. 733 Suitable means shall be provided for the indication and localisation of leakage. 1972 Field & Stream Aug. 114/3 Depth perception and localization of objects are enhanced with two eyes and thus with binoculars. 2001 Treasure Hunting Feb. 27 (advt.) Target signals are backed up by audio and..there's a pin-point control for accurate localisation of finds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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