local
/ˈləʊkl̩/ · noun
Meaning
- A person who lives near a given place.
- A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
- A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
- A locally scoped identifier.
- An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
- From or in a nearby location.
- (of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
- (of a condition or state) Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
- Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
- Descended from an indigenous population.
- In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
- An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.
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