🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

移転する

Pronunciation / Transliteration: iten suru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Delocalize/diːˈloʊ.kəl.aɪz/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"企業はコスト削減のために生産拠点を移転した。"

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To remove or cease local restrictions, concentration, or attachment, often by moving industrial operations or economic activities to other regions or countries.

    "The manufacturing company decided to delocalize its production plants to reduce operational costs."
  2. 2

    In chemistry and physics, to cause electrons to be shared among more than two atoms rather than remaining associated with a single bond or atom.

    "Resonance structures show how the pi electrons delocalize across the entire molecular ring."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Formed in English via the combination of the prefix de- (meaning 'removal' or 'reversal') and localize, which stems from the Late Latin localis (pertaining to a place). The term emerged in the mid-20th century, initially used in chemistry and physics to describe electrons not bound to a single atom, and later expanded into economic and sociological contexts to denote the removal of operations from a specific local base.

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