location
lo·ca·tion
noun
2.
3.
a determination of the location of something
- “he got a good fix on the target”
Origin
Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”). Equivalent to locate + -ion.
Phrases
- central location test
- emergency location transmitter
- emergency location transponder
- location arithmetic
- location map
- measure of location
- on location
- personal location beacon
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