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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Localization \Lo'cal*i*za"tion\, noun [Cf. F. localisation.] Act of localizing, or state of being localized.
{Cerebral localization} (Physiol.), the localization of the control of special functions, as of sight or of the various movements of the body, in special regions of the brain.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
localization
noun
1: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target" [syn: {localisation}, {location}, {locating}, {fix}]
2: (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body [syn: {localization of function}, {localisation of function}, {localization principle}, {localisation principle}, {localisation}]
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