 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
location
noun
1: a point or extent in space
2: the act of putting something in a certain place or location
[syn: {placement}, {locating}, {position}, {positioning},
{emplacement}]
3: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good
fix on the target" [syn: {localization}, {localisation}, {locating},
{fix}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Location \Lo*ca"tion\, noun [L. locatio, fr. locare.]
1. The act or process of locating.
2. Situation; place; locality. --Locke.
3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in
place. [U.S.]
4. (Law)
(a) (Civil Law) A leasing on rent.
(b) (Scots Law) A contract for the use of a thing, or
service of a person, for hire. --Wharton.
(c) (Amer. Law) The marking out of the boundaries, or
identifying the place or site of, a piece of land,
according to the description given in an entry, plan,
map, etc. --Burrill. Bouvier.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "location":
allocation, arable land, assignment, barnyard, barton, bearings,
bringing to light, case, casual discovery, catching, cattle ranch,
chance discovery, chicken farm, circumstance, collective farm,
collocation, condition, cotton plantation, croft, dairy farm,
demesne, demesne farm, deployment, deposit, deposition, detection,
determination, determining, disclosure, discovery, disposition,
distinguishment, dry farm, dude ranch, emplacement, espial, estate,
excavation, exhumation, exposure, factory farm, fallow, farm,
farmery, farmhold, farmland, farmplace, farmstead, farmyard, find,
finding, finding out, fix, footing, fruit farm, fur farm,
grain farm, grange, grassland, hacienda, homecroft, homefarm,
homestead, invention, jam, kibbutz, kolkhoz, lading, loading,
locale, localization, locating, locus, lot, lucky strike, mains,
manor farm, modality, mode, orchard, packing, pass, pasture, pen,
pickle, pinpointing, place, placement, placing, plantation, plight,
point, position, positioning, posting, posture, poultry farm,
predicament, putting, ranch, rancheria, rancho, rank, recognition,
rediscovery, reposition, revelation, serendipity, setting,
sheep farm, site, situation, spot, spotting, standing, state,
station, stationing, status, steading, stock farm, storage,
stowage, strike, toft, tracking down, treasure trove, trouvaille,
trove, truck farm, uncovering, unearthing, where
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
location
{memory location}
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