定てい位い

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

position; orientation; localization

Technical term used in navigation, robotics, biology, and engineering to refer to determining or fixing a position or orientation. Often used in compound phrases like 自己位置推定 (self-localization) or 音源定位 (sound source localization).

• GPSを使つかって自じ分ぶんの位い置ちを定てい位いする。

  Use GPS to determine one's own position.

• ロボットの自じ己こ位い置ち定てい位いは重じゅう要ような技ぎ術じゅつだ。

  Self-localization of robots is an important technology.