Meaning of Locality | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The fact or quality of having a position in space.
   countable, uncountable
2. The features or surroundings of a particular place.
   countable, uncountable
3. The condition of being local.
   uncountable
4. The situation or position of an object.
   countable, uncountable
5. An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
   countable, uncountable
6. Limitation to a county, district, or place.
   countable, uncountable
7. A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
   countable, uncountable
8. The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
   countable, dated, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality.”

“a rural locality”

“This shows temporal locality of reference in action because the CPU accesses i at three points in a short time period. This program also exhibits spatial locality of reference.”

“locality of trial”

“The locality of trial required by the common law seems a consequence of the antient locality of jurisdiction. All over the world, actions transitory follow the person of the defendant, territorial suits must be discussed in the territorial tribunal. I may sue a Frenchman here for a debt contracted abroad; but lands lying in France must be sued for there, and English lands must be sued for in the kingdom of England.”

CEFR level