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location
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”).Morphologically locate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /lo??ke???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l???ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
location (plural locations)
- A particular point or place in physical space.
- An act of locating.
- 1886 November 12, Joseph Church Helm, opinion, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass, reprinted in, 1887, Pacific Reporter, volume 12, page 207 [1]:
- The Ontario tunnel was not located in pursuance of the law relating to tunnel-sites. Lewis failed to follow up his discovery of mineral therein with any effort whatever towards completing the statutory location of a mining claim.
- 1886 November 12, Joseph Church Helm, opinion, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass, reprinted in, 1887, Pacific Reporter, volume 12, page 207 [1]:
- (South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.
- 2011, Dennis Brutus, Bernth Lindfors, The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography (page 188)
- It is the sounds of apartheid, of the townships, the locations […]
- 2011, Dennis Brutus, Bernth Lindfors, The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography (page 188)
- (law) A leasing on rent.
- (law, Scotland) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wharton to this entry?)
- (law, US) 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (a place): place
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- location in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- location in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- location at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- colation, coontail
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locatio(nem), from locatum, from locare (“to rent, hire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?.ka.sj??/
Noun
location f (plural locations)
- renting, rental
- rent
- rented accommodation
- 2012, Delphine Batho, Le Monde:
- L'article indique que j'ai « abusé des prix avantageux de la Ville de Paris » en référence au logement intermédiaire dont j'étais locataire. Je tiens à préciser que cette location avait été attribuée dans des conditions normales et régulières en 2001, six ans avant que je sois élue députée.
- The article suggests that I ‘abused favourable prices in the City of Paris’ with regard to the intermediary housing of which I was a tenant. I wish to clarify that this accommodation had been allocated under normal, regular conditions in 2001, six years before I was elected Deputy.
- L'article indique que j'ai « abusé des prix avantageux de la Ville de Paris » en référence au logement intermédiaire dont j'étais locataire. Je tiens à préciser que cette location avait été attribuée dans des conditions normales et régulières en 2001, six ans avant que je sois élue députée.
- 2012, Delphine Batho, Le Monde:
- hire (of a car etc.)
- booking, reservation
Related terms
- loyer
- lieu
- louer
See also
- établissement
Usage notes
- This false friend does not mean location.
Further reading
- “location” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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transportability
English
Etymology
transport +? -ability
Noun
transportability (countable and uncountable, plural transportabilities)
- (communication) The quality of equipment, devices, systems, and associated hardware that permits their being moved from one location to another to interconnect with locally available complementary equipment, devices, systems, associated hardware, or other complementary facilities.
- (military) The capability of materiel to be moved by towing, self-propulsion, or carrier via any means, such as railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans, and airways.
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