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localization

  • /ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ UK
  • /ˌloʊkəlɪˈzeɪʃən/ US

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From localize + -ation; compare French localisation.

noun localizations · localisation

  1. countable, uncountable The act of localizing.
  2. Hong Kong, countable, specifically, uncountable The switch of positions in power from the colonizing population to the local population. James has been responsible for the government works programme. He is the last expatriate senior official left in the administration, apart from the Attorney General, Jeremy Mathews. It has been a remarkably swift and comprehensive process of localization, and the competence of government in Hong Kon
  3. countable, uncountable The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.
  4. countable, uncountable The act, process, or result of adapting translated text to fit a local culture; domestication.
  5. countable, uncountable The state of being localized.
  6. countable, uncountable A systematic method of adding multiplicative inverses to a ring.
  7. countable, uncountable A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal. 3) Geometric interpretation of the localization. Let V be an irreducible algebraic variety. Then P = J(V) is a prime ideal of #92;mathbb#123;C#125;#91;X#95;1,...,X#95;n#93; and so #92;mathbb#123;C#125;#91;V#93;#61;#92;mathbb#123;C#125;#91;X#95;1,...,X#95;n#93;#47;J(V) is an integral domain. The lo

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: localisation, location, fix, locating, locality, locale, position, placement, locate, adaptation, identification, positioning, locator, indigenization, translation, traceability

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noun act of localizing

Españollocalización
한국어국재화 gukjaehwa, 국소화 guksohwa, 지방화 jibanghwa
日本語局在化 kyokuzaika, 局所化 kyokushoka, 地方化 chihōka
中文本地化 běndìhuà, 地方化 dìfānghuà
Portuguêslocalização
Françaislocalisation
DeutschErmitteln des Ortes, Ortsermittlung, Ortung, Ortsbestimmung, Lokalisieren, Lokalisierung
Italianolocalizzazione
Ελληνικάεντοπισμός entopismós
Românălocalizare, localizație
Русскийлокализа́ция lokalizácija

noun software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region

Españollocalización
한국어로컬라이제이션 rokeollaijeisyeon, 로컬리제이션 rokeollijeisyeon
日本語ローカライゼーション rōkaraizēshon
中文本地化 běndìhuà
Portuguêslocalização
Françaislocalisation
DeutschLokalisierung
Ελληνικάτοπικοποίηση topikopoíisi
Русскийлокализа́ция lokalizácija

noun state of being localized

Españollocalización
中文本地化 běndìhuà
Portuguêslocalização
Françaislocalisation
Italianolocalizzazione
Русскийлокализо́ванность lokalizóvannostʹ

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@misc{localization_2026,
  title = {localization},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/localization},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}