transcription, транскрипция: [ loʊkəlaɪz ]
( localizes, localizing, localized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'localise'
1.
If you localize something, you identify precisely where it is.
Examine the painful area carefully in an effort to localize the most tender point.
= identify
VERB : V n
2.
If you localize something, you limit the size of the area that it affects and prevent it from spreading.
Few officers thought that a German-Czech war could be localized.
= limit
VERB : V n