location: Meaning and Definition of

lo•ca•tion

1. a place of settlement, activity, or residence: This town is a good location for a young doctor.
2. a place or situation occupied: a house in a fine location.
3. a tract of land of designated situation or limits: a mining location.
4. a place outside of the studio that is used for filming a movie, scene, etc.
5. any position on a register or memory device capable of storing one machine word.
6. the act of locating; state of being located.
7. a letting or renting.
8. engaged in filming at a place away from the studio, esp. one that is or is like the setting of the screenplay: on location in Rome.