From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
locating \locating\ n.
1. the act of putting something in a certain place or
location.
Syn: location, placement, position, positioning, emplacement,
situating.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a determination of the location of something.
Syn: localization, localisation, location, fix.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Locate \Lo"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Located}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Locating}.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus
place. See {Local}.]
1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
[1913 Webster]
The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him
were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F.
Westcott.
[1913 Webster]
2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits
of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining
claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant.
[1913 Webster]
That part of the body in which the sense of touch is
located. --H. Spencer.
[1913 Webster]
3. To discover the location or site of; as, to locate the
source of a radio transmission; to locate a leak; to
locate the malfunction in a system.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
locating
n 1: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn:
{placement}, {location}, {locating}, {position},
{positioning}, {emplacement}]
2: a determination of the place where something is; "he got a
good fix on the target" [syn: {localization}, {localisation},
{location}, {locating}, {fix}]
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