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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

- Look up local in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Local may refer to: Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand Local, Missouri, a community...
- The Local is a multi-regional, European, English-language digital news publisher with local editions in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway...
- The domain name .local is a special-use domain name reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) so that it may not be installed as a top-level...
- Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments...
- The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way. It has a total diameter of roughly 3 megap****cs (10 million light-years; 9×1019 kilometres)...
- Local anesthesia is any technique to induce the absence of sensation in a specific part of the body, generally for the aim of inducing local analgesia...
- Local Hero or Local Heroes may refer to: Local Hero (film), a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama by Bill Forsyth Local Hero (soundtrack), a music album by Mark...
- A local anesthetic (LA) is a medication that causes absence of all sensation (including pain) in a specific body part without loss of consciousness, as...
- usually used for about half of the year, typically by adding one hour to local time during spring and summer. In the table below, the locations that use...
- see: Local government in England Local government in Northern Ireland Local government in Scotland Local government in Wales For the history of local government...