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LOCATING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A determination of the place where something is
Example:
he got a good fix on the target
Synonyms:
fix; localisation; localization; locating; location
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("locating" is a kind of...):
determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "locating"):
echo sounding; echolocation (determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of putting something in a certain place
Synonyms:
emplacement; locating; location; placement; position; positioning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("locating" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "locating"):
stratification (the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination)
apposition; collocation; juxtaposition (the act of positioning close together (or side by side))
interposition; intervention (the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others)
orientation (the act of orienting)
planting (the act of fixing firmly in place)
implantation (the act of planting or setting in the ground)
repositioning (the act of placing in a new position)
set (the act of putting something in position)
superposition (the placement of one thing on top of another)
fingering (the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument)
superposition ((geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb locate
