local

Meaning

1. From or in a nearby location.
2. Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
3. Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.
4. Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular:
5. Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular:
6. Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular:
7. Detectable from the behavior of substructures understood to be "near points;" in particular:
8. Detectable from the behavior of substructures understood to be "near points;" in particular:
9. Having a unique maximal (left) ideal.
10. Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
11. Descended from an indigenous population.

regional

of this place

topical anaesthetic

topical anesthetic

from here

belonging to a place

in the country

on this side

topical anesthesia

belonging here

belonging there

local news

actual place

local anesthesia

local anaesthesia

community

of that place

indugenous

living nearby

of those places

topical anaesthesia

local examinations

in the small

from hereabout

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈləʊkl̩/

From Middle English local, from Late Latin locālis (“belonging to a place”), possibly also via Old French local; ultimately from Latin locus (“a place”). The ring-theoretic senses derive from Krull, who first referred to Noetherian commutative rings with a unique maximal ideal as "Stellenring" (Stellen (“place”) + ring) in 1938. The term was inspired by algebraic geometry, where local rings encode information about the behavior of curves (surfaces, etc.) at points; hence, describe "local" behavior.

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