LOCALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does localization mean? 

• LOCALIZATION (noun)
  The noun LOCALIZATION has 2 senses:

1. a determination of the place where something is

2. (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

  Familiarity information: LOCALIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A determination of the place where something is

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fix; localisation; localization; locating; location

Context example:

he got a good fix on the target

Hypernyms ("localization" 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 "localization"):

echo sounding; echolocation (determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it)

Derivation:

localize (locate)

localize (identify the location or place of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

localisation; localisation of function; localisation principle; localization; localization of function; localization principle

Hypernyms ("localization" is a kind of...):

principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)

Domain category:

physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "localization"):

lateralisation; laterality; lateralization (localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain)

 Context examples 

The N-terminal half contains putative nuclear localization signals and a coiled-coil domain that seems to promote MLN51 oligomerization.

(MLN51 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the localization of phosphodiesterase 4D.

(Myomegalin, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called needle/wire localization and wire localization.

(Needle localization, NCI Dictionary)

This protein plays a role in the localization of synaptic receptors.

(Membrane-Associated Guanylate Kinase, WW and PDZ Domain-Containing Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

ERBB2 interacting protein; acts as an adaptor for the receptor ERBB2/HER2, which may assist in their localization and signalling function; has a PDZ domain and sixteen leucine-rich repeats (LRRs)

(ERBB2 Interacting Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

A group of three types of polymeric protein structures that impart shape to a cell and are involved in cellular motility, organelle localization and vesicular targeting.

(Cytoskeleton Filament, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in protein localization.

(Disks Large Homolog 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A binding interaction that results in localization of the ligand.

(Docking, NCI Thesaurus)

It is involved in localization of at least five different mRNAs in the early Drosophila embryo and by interferon-induced protein kinase in humans, which is part of the cellular response to dsRNA.

(Double-Stranded RNA Binding Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called needle localization and wire localization.

(Needle/wire localization, NCI Dictionary)