n.
Pronunciation: l ō - ' k ā -sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 1597
1 a : a position or site occupied or available for occupancy or marked by some distinguishing feature : SITUATION b (1) : a tract of land designated for a purpose (2) Australian : FARM , STATION c : a place outside a motion-picture studio where a picture or part of it is filmed ― usually used in the phrase on location
2 : the act or process of locating
3 : the placement of baseball pitches in a particular area of the strike zone also : the ability to control the placement of pitches
– lo · ca · tion · al \ -shn ə l, -sh ə -n ə l \ adjective
– lo · ca · tion · al · ly adverb