单词 | locating |
释义 | locatingn. Originally U.S. The action or process of locating something or someone (in various senses of locate v.); the fact of being so located; location. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] layingc1330 pitchinga1398 settinga1398 couchingc1400 stowingc1440 placingc1449 stelling1560 disposition1563 location1568 planting1585 situation1589 collocation1605 situating1611 disposurea1625 depositure1635 allodgement1639 instalment1646 fixation1652 deposition1659 lodgement1713 repositing1713 emplacement1742 bestowal1773 locating1774 disposal1828 placement1844 allocation1846 enlodgement1884 siting1902 1774 E. Allen Brief Narr. Proc. Govt. New-York 71 [They] took a Tour..to survey..our Land. Such Locating we view as a manifest..intention on invading our Property. 1805 G. Caines N.-Y. Term Rep. Supreme Court 2 177 This creek is so situated that... it becomes..a pretty nice question what principle shall be adopted in the locating of the grant. 1886 Northwestern Reporter 26 399 The value of the property had been diminished by the locating of the road across it. 1921 Glasgow Herald 25 Mar. 8/3 ‘Zoning’ means the locating of industries in the areas which are best suited for them. 1953 S. Hays Outl. Statistics (ed. 4) v. 44 The fixing or locating of points which represent the values of the two variables is known as plotting. 2012 S. Luckman Locating Cultural Work i. 45 Debates around the locating of asylum seekers and refugees. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). locatingadj. Originally U.S. That locates or serves to locate someone or something (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [adjective] > that assigns to particular place locating1803 the world > space > place > position or situation > [adjective] > ascertaining or determining position locative1817 locating1898 1803 J. Hughes Rep. Supreme Court Kentucky 198 The locating part of the certificate is comprized in the words ‘lying on the branches of Elkhorn creek about four and a half miles South West of Bryant's station.’ 1816 J. Bentham Extract Constit. Code: Official Aptitude Maximized 55 The locating functionaries will..remain in possession of a power of choice, altogether arbitrary. 1861 J. Mullan Rep. 20 June in Message President U.S. to Congr. (1861) II. 557 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (37th Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Executive Doc. 1: Pt. 2) II The locating party..is still in advance, with a Coeur d'Alène Indian, exploring the entire country. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxiii. 356 When limited it [sc. local œdema] is a useful locating symptom. 1909 F. A. Cleveland & F. W. Powell Railroad Promotion & Capitalization U.S. ix. 151 After approximate location is determined, the locating survey is made, to fix the centre line for the actual work of construction. 1957 Behaviour 11 23 Less helpless young such as those of hole-nesting species may have locating calls. 1989 InfoWorld 5 June 67/2 The only drawback we encountered in construction was a plastic locating pin on the battery pack. 2011 P. Johnston Nameless Dead xx. 218 Quincy would keep a mile or so behind me, using the locating device to track me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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