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局在 (きょくざい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
localization ; being localized
Technical term used in physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science to describe a phenomenon, particle, or state that is confined to a specific region rather than being spread out. Also used as a suru-verb (局在する) meaning 'to be localized'.
タンパク 質しつ の 局きょく 在ざい を 蛍けい 光こう 顕けん 微び 鏡きょう で 観かん 察さつ し た 。
We observed the localization of the protein using a fluorescence microscope.
Kanji 在 exist, outskirts, suburbs Similar words 局きょく 所しょ 局所 means 'local' or 'a local area' and is a more general term, while 局在 specifically refers to the state or phenomenon of being localized, often in a scientific context.
分ぶん 布ぷ 分布 means 'distribution' (spread over an area), which is the opposite concept of 局在 (localization).
Etymology Compound of 局 (limited area, bureau) and 在 (exist, be present). The term is a modern technical coinage, likely influenced by the English 'localization' in scientific contexts.
