'Locating' definitions:

Definition of 'locating'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement]
noun
A determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target" [syn: localization, localisation, location, locating, fix]

Definition of 'Locating'

From: GCIDE
  • Locate \Lo"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Located; p. pr. & vb. n. Locating.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See Local.]
  • 1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position. [1913 Webster]
  • The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F. Westcott. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant. [1913 Webster]
  • That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To discover the location or site of; as, to locate the source of a radio transmission; to locate a leak; to locate the malfunction in a system. [PJC]

Definition of 'locating'

From: GCIDE
  • locating \locating\ n.
  • 1. the act of putting something in a certain place or location.
  • Syn: location, placement, position, positioning, emplacement, situating. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. a determination of the location of something.
  • Syn: localization, localisation, location, fix. [WordNet 1.5]

Synonyms of 'locating'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Locating'