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locating \locating\ n.
1. the act of putting something in a certain place or
location.

Syn: location, placement, position, positioning, emplacement,
situating.
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2. a determination of the location of something.

Syn: localization, localisation, location, fix.
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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.
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The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him
were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F.
Westcott.
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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.
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That part of the body in which the sense of touch is
located. --H. Spencer.
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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.
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