relocation

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ location.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/

Noun

relocation (countable and uncountable, plural relocations)

1. The act of moving from one place to another.
   • 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Phase II units in service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 69:

     Another source of discontent with the Phase I stock has been obviated by relocation of the interior heating elements and the introduction of thermostatic control; this has eradicated the searing blasts of hot air passengers used to feel about their calves [...].

   • 2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London Line service”, in Modern Railways, page 28:

     The work to deliver an 18tph service involves relocation of four signals and associated equipment to improve signal spacing.

   • 2020 June 17, “Network News: Byford appointed to top London transport post”, in Rail, page 16:

     He was also entitled to a relocation payment but has chosen not to take it.

2. Renewal of a lease.
3. (computing) The assigning of addresses to variables either at linkage editing, or at run time

Synonyms

• (moving to another place): move, removal

Translations

moving to another place

• Bulgarian: преме́стване (bg) n (preméstvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 搬遷 (zh), 搬迁 (zh) (bānqiān)

• Czech: přemístění n, stěhování (cs) n
• Esperanto: translokigo
• French: déménagement (fr), délocalisation (fr)
• German: Umzug (de) m

• Hungarian: lakhelyváltoztatás (hu)
• Japanese: 移転 (ja) (いてん, iten), 移動 (ja)
• Polish: przemieszczenie (pl) n, przeprowadzka (pl) f
• Russian: переселе́ние (ru) n (pereselénije), перемеще́ние (ru) n (peremeščénije)
• Spanish: mudanza (es) f, traslado (es) m

See also

• resettlement

Anagrams

• co-relation, corelation, iconolater

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ location.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: relocations

Noun

relocation f (plural relocations)

1. relocation (all senses)

Further reading

• “relocation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.