localization

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of localizing.
2. (Hong-Kong, countable, specifically, uncountable) The act of localizing.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.
4. (countable, uncountable) The act, process, or result of adapting translated text to fit a local culture; domestication.
5. (countable, uncountable) The state of being localized.
6. (countable, uncountable) A systematic method of adding multiplicative inverses to a ring.
7. (countable, uncountable) A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal.

Synonyms

localisation

locating

location

localization principle

localisation of function

localization of function

fix

L10n

localisation principle

radication

registration

position fix

position finding

position-setting

fix position

allocation

localisation

collocation

place

placement

placing

positioning

situation

nonexpansion

nonaggravation

Translations

localisation

localización

localizzazione

localização

εντοπισμός

Lokalisierung

lokalisatie

localizatio

τοπικοποίηση

localisatie

localització

εξακρίβωση

مكان

Lokalisation

توطين البرمجيات

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Etymology

From localize + -ation; compare French localisation.