local
Definitions
- From or in a nearby location.
- Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
- premises, rooms
- Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.
- store or other retail unit in a shopping center
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Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular: not-comparable
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Satisfied by at least one open neighborhood of every point. not-comparable
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Satisfied by arbitrarily small open neighborhoods of every point. not-comparable
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Satisfied by every finitely generated subgroup. not-comparable
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Detectable from the behavior of substructures understood to be "near points;" in particular: not-comparable
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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
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Detectable from the behavior of the normalizers of the nontrivial p-subgroups. not-comparable
- Having a unique maximal (left) ideal.
- Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
- Descended from an indigenous population.
Equivalents
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.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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