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local

Adjective CEFR A2 Frequent
ˈləʊ.kl̩

Definitions

  1. From or in a nearby location.
  2. Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
  3. premises, rooms
  4. Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.
  5. store or other retail unit in a shopping center
  6. Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular:
    not-comparable
  7. Satisfied by at least one open neighborhood of every point.
    not-comparable
  8. Satisfied by arbitrarily small open neighborhoods of every point.
    not-comparable
  9. Satisfied by every finitely generated subgroup.
    not-comparable
  10. Detectable from the behavior of substructures understood to be "near points;" in particular:
    not-comparable
  11. Such that the following conditions are equivalent: (1) P holds for R (M); (2) P holds for the localization R_p (M_p) for all prime ideals p of R; (3) P holds for the localization R_m (M_m) for all maximal ideals m of R.
    not-comparable
  12. Detectable from the behavior of the normalizers of the nontrivial p-subgroups.
    not-comparable
  13. Having a unique maximal (left) ideal.
  14. Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
  15. Descended from an indigenous population.

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Examples

“We prefer⟳ local produce⟳.”
“Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.[…]Next day she[…]tried to recover⟳ her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help⟳; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep⟳ on good terms with the local constabulary.”
“A farmer could place⟳ an order⟳ for a new tractor part by text message and pay⟳ for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take⟳ the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.”
“local disk drive⟳”
“local file⟳”
“The panel shows both local and remote sites.”
“A Hausdorff space satisfying local compactness need⟳ not be (globally) compact!”
“Flatness is a local property.”
“local lesion”
“The patient didn't want⟳ to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia.”
“Hawaiian Pidgin is spoken by the local population.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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