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locating
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun locating has 2 senses
- locating(n = noun.act) emplacement, location, placement, position, positioning - the act of putting something in a certain place; Array is a kind of activity
- locating(n = noun.act) fix, localisation, localization, location - a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target" is a kind of determination, finding
has particulars: stratification, apposition, collocation, juxtaposition, interposition, intervention, orientation, planting, implantation, repositioning, set, superposition, fingering, superposition
has particulars: echo sounding, echolocation
CIDE DICTIONARY
locating, n.
- the act of putting something in a certain place or location. [WordNet 1.5]
- a determination of the location of something. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
locating
allocation, assignment, bringing to light, casual discovery, catching, chance discovery, collocation, deployment, deposit, deposition, detection, determination, determining, disclosure, discovery, disposition, distinguishment, emplacement, espial, excavation, exhumation, exposure, find, finding, finding out, invention, lading, loading, localization, location, lucky strike, packing, pinpointing, placement, placing, positioning, posting, putting, recognition, rediscovery, reposition, revelation, serendipity, situation, spotting, stationing, storage, stowage, strike, treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, uncovering, unearthing
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