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Definition of Local

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Local Lo"cal, a. [L. localis, fr. locus place: cf. F. local. See Lieu, Locus.] Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom. Gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. --Shak. Local actions (Law), actions such as must be brought in a particular county, where the cause arises; -- distinguished from transitory actions. Local affection (Med.), a disease or ailment confined to a particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the system. Local attraction (Magnetism), an attraction near a compass, causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction, especially on shipboard. Local battery (Teleg.), the battery which actuates the recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for the line. Local circuit (Teleg.), the circuit of the local battery. Local color. (a) (Paint.) The color which belongs to an object, and is not caused by accidental influences, as of reflection, shadow, etc. (b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is laid. Local option, the right or obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts, as in each county, city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages within the district shall be allowed.
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Local Lo"cal, n. 1. (Railroad) A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district. [U.S.]

Meaning of Local from wikipedia

- Local usually refers to something nearby, or in the immediate area. Local may refer to: Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand Local government...
- a unit, but the values later were reported with one decimal place; the local magnitude scale compared the magnitudes of different earthquakes. Richter...
- ending with .local are often emplo**** in private networks, where they are resolved either via the multicast domain name service (mDNS) or local Domain Name...
- In physics, motion is a change in position of an object over time. Motion is described in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, time...
- countries use daylight saving time for part of the year, typically by adjusting local clock time by an hour. Many land time zones are skewed toward the west of...
- purely linking major po****tion hubs like inter-city trains, and serve local traffic demand in relatively rural areas. Higher-speed rail is a special...
- forests by January 2003, but was unsuccessful. Tasmania has 29 local government areas. Local councils are responsible for functions delegated by the Tasmanian...
- largest and smallest value of the function, either within a given range (the local or relative extrema) or on the entire domain of a function (the global or...
- The Local is an English-language digital news publisher with local editions in Sweden, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Austria and...
- Nenu Local (English: I'm local) with tagline "Attitude is Everything" is a 2017 Indian Telugu romantic comedy film directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina and...