noun
1. the act of putting something in a certain place
• Syn: ↑placement, ↑location, ↑position, ↑positioning, ↑emplacement
• Derivationally related forms: ↑emplace (for: ↑emplacement), ↑position (for: ↑positioning), ↑position (for: ↑position), ↑posit (for: ↑position), ↑locate (for: ↑location)
• Hypernyms: ↑activity
• Hyponyms:
↑stratification, ↑juxtaposition, ↑apposition, ↑collocation, ↑interposition, ↑intervention, ↑orientation, ↑planting, ↑implantation, ↑repositioning, ↑set, ↑superposition, ↑fingering
2. a determination of the place where something is
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he got a good fix on the target
• Syn: ↑localization, ↑localisation, ↑location, ↑fix
• Derivationally related forms: ↑locate (for: ↑location), ↑localise (for: ↑localisation), ↑localize (for: ↑localization)
• Hypernyms: ↑determination, ↑finding
• Hyponyms: ↑echolocation, ↑echo sounding
Useful english dictionary. 2012.