localization.

1. The confinement or concentration of something within a particular area.

2. The process of determining where something is located.

3. The adaptation of a product or text to a region's language and conventions.

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Words that belong together

• localization of damage
• localization of production

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The barriers encouraged the localization of damage.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, description. Commonness: moderately common.