localisation

1. 1.

   (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

   Synonymslocalization of functionlocalisation of functionlocalization principlelocalisation principlelocalization

   Broaderprinciple

   Narrowerlateralization

   physiology

2. 2.

   a determination of the place where something is

   “he got a good fix on the target”

   Synonymslocalizationlocationlocatingfix

   Broaderdetermination

   Narrowerecholocation

Other forms of localisation

plural

localisations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about localisation

What does localisation mean?

localisation means "(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in localisation?

localisation has 6 syllables: lo-ca-li-sa-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for localisation?

Close synonyms include localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle, localization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is localisation a common word?

localisation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.