location : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: location	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for location
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
location n a point or extent in space the act of putting something in a certain place Synonym(s): 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 a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made; "they shot the film on location in Nevada" Antonym(s): studio
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Location \Lo*ca"tion\, n. [L. locatio, fr. locare.] 1. The act or process of locating. 2. Situation; place; locality. --Locke. 3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in place. [U.S.] 4. (Law) (a) (Civil Law) A leasing on rent. (b) (Scots Law) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire. --Wharton. (c) (Amer. Law) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc. --Burrill. Bouvier.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
location {memory location}