electrolocation
English
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) the ability of an animal to detect an object by its distortion of the animal's electric field, as in the electric fishes such as the electric eel.
- (cybernetics) the ability of a robot to locate an object by detecting changes in its electric field.
Etymology
Prefix from English location.
Origin
English
location
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bilocation English
- co-location English
- colocation English
- delocation English
- echolocation English
- elocation English
- geolocation English
- immunolocation English
- interlocation English
- location English
- locational English
- locationism English
- locationist English
- micro-location English
- mislocation English
- multilocation English
- radiolocation English
- relocation English
- sublocation English
- translocation English
- locationis, locatio Latin
- locatie Dutch, Flemish
- ロケーション Japanese