局きょく在ざい

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'.

• この物ぶっ質しつでは電でん子しが特とく定ていの原げん子し付ふ近きんに局きょく在ざいしている。

  In this material, electrons are localized around specific atoms.

• 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.