localization
/ləʊk(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/(also localisation) noun [mass noun]1The process of making something local in character or restricting it to a particular place: the tug-of-war between the forces of globalization and localization...- This has been partially achieved by the localisation programme constantly being developed.
- I get contracted out of the country for localization.
- Regionalization and localization remain pervasive limitations on international economic integration.
1.1chiefly Medicine The fact of being or becoming located or fixed in a particular place: differences in localization of growth control molecules in carcinoma...- Selective localization and distribution of drugs in tumor tissue are of high interest in cancer therapy.
- These findings suggest that dcp-1 activity is required for the proper subcellular localization of active caspases.
- This suggests that assembly of the carotenoid layers in the chloroplast is not required for proper localization of the photoreceptors in the plasma membrane of the cell.