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Translocation vs Localization - What's the difference?

translocation | localization |

As nouns the difference between translocation and localization

is that translocation is removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another while localization is the act of localizing.

translocation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
    • There happened certain translocations at the deluge. — Woodward.
  • (genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.

    • Related terms

    * translocate

    Anagrams

    *

    localization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * localisation (UK)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of localizing.
  • The state of being localized.
  • (software engineering) act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.

    • Derived terms

    * * cerebral localization * chromosomal localization

    Related terms

    * localizor * locale * localism * locality * locate

    See also

    * internationalization /