location: Meaning and Definition of

lo•ca•tion

Pronunciation: (lō-kā'shun), [key]
— n.
  1. a place of settlement, activity, or residence: This town is a good location for a young doctor.
  2. a place or situation occupied: a house in a fine location.
  3. a tract of land of designated situation or limits: a mining location.
  4. a place outside of the studio that is used for filming a movie, scene, etc.
  5. any position on a register or memory device capable of storing one machine word.
  6. the act of locating; state of being located.
  7. a letting or renting.
  8. engaged in filming at a place away from the studio, esp. one that is or is like the setting of the screenplay: on location in Rome.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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