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Local : adj
1: relating to or applicable to or concerned with the
administration of a city or town or district rather
than a larger area; "local taxes"; "local authorities"
[ant: national]
2: of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular
locality or neighborhood; "local customs"; "local
schools"; "the local citizens"; "a local point of view";
"local outbreaks of flu"; "a local bus line"
3: affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local
anesthesia" [ant: general]
(noun)
1: public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at
all stations or stops; "the local seemed to take forever
to get to New York" [ant: express]
2: anesthetic that numbs a local area of the body [syn: local
anesthetic, local anaesthetic, topical anesthetic, topical
anaesthetic]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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LOCAL. Pertaining to a place; something annexed to the freehold or tied to a
certain place; as,Local : courts, or courts whose jurisdiction is limited to
a particular place; local allegiance, or allegiance due while you are in a
particular place or country; local taxes, or those which are collected for
particular districts.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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