locating

Noun
  1. The act of putting something in a certain place (synset 101053255)
    is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
    subtypes:
    • stratification - the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination
    • apposition, collocation, juxtaposition - the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
    • interposition, intervention - the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
    • orientation - the act of orienting
    • planting - the act of fixing firmly in place
    • implantation - the act of planting or setting in the ground
    • repositioning - the act of placing in a new position
    • set - the act of putting something in position
    • superposition - the placement of one thing on top of another
    • fingering - the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
    • superposition - (geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide
    same as: emplacement, location, placement, position, positioning
  2. A determination of the place where something is (synset 100156307)
    "he got a good fix on the target"
    is a type of: determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
    subtypes: echo sounding, echolocation - determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
    same as: fix, localisation, localization, location

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