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local

lo·cal

UK/ˈləʊ.kl̩/ US/ˈloʊ.kl̩/ common slang uk us
adjective (3) noun (2)

adjective

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”
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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”
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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”
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Origin

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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