locating : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: locating	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
locating n the act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement] a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target" Synonym(s): localization, localisation, location, locating, fix
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Locate \Lo"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Located}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Locating}.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Local}.] 1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position. The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F. Westcott. 2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant. That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. --H. Spencer.