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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a point or extent in space;

2. the act of putting something in a certain place;
[syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement]

3. a determination of the place where something is;
- Example: "he got a good fix on the target"
[syn: localization, localisation, location, locating, fix]

4. a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made;
- Example: "they shot the film on location in Nevada"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Location \Lo*ca"tion\, n. [L. locatio, fr. locare.] 1. The act or process of locating. [1913 Webster] 2. Situation; place; locality. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in place. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] 4. (Law) (a) (Civil Law) A leasing on rent. (b) (Scots Law) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire. --Wharton. (c) (Amer. Law) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc. --Burrill. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

location n 1: a point or extent in space 2: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement] 3: a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target" [syn: localization, localisation, location, locating, fix] 4: a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made; "they shot the film on location in Nevada" [ant: studio]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

memory location location A byte, word or other small unit of storage space in a computer's main memory that is identified by its starting address (and size). (1999-04-19)