Local - Definition and Overview

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adj.

  1.
        1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular place: a local custom; the local slang.
        2. Of or relating to a city, town, or district rather than a larger area: state and local government.
  2. Not broad or general; not widespread: local outbreaks of flu.
  3. Of or affecting a specific part of the body: a local infection.
  4. Making all possible or scheduled stops on a route; not express: a local train.

n.

  1. A public conveyance that makes several intermediate stops before the final destination is reached: changed trains to a local.
  2. A local chapter or branch of an organization, especially of a labor union.
  3. A local anesthetic.
  4. Informal. A person from a particular locality.

See also: local ring in abstract algebra.