# local

Pronunciation: say "LOH-kuhl" US /ˈloʊ.kl̩/, UK /ˈləʊ.kl̩/

## Adjective

1. Coming from or existing in the nearby area or neighborhood.
   - Simple: Found in or coming from the area near where you are.
   - _She prefers shopping at local stores rather than big chains._
   - _Local residents gathered to discuss the new park._
4. Connected directly to a particular computer or processor, and accessible without a network connection.
   - Simple: Stored on your own computer, so you can use it without the internet.
   - _Developers tested the app on a local server before deployment._
   - _Local storage keeps your settings even when offline._
5. Affecting or confined to a particular part of the body rather than the whole.
   - Simple: Affecting only one small part of the body, not the whole body.
   - _The bite caused only local swelling on her arm, with no fever or other symptoms._
   - _Local swelling appeared around the insect bite._
8. Having limited scope, so that it can only be used within a certain part of a program.
   - Simple: Working only inside one small part of a computer program.
   - _The function stores its results in a local variable._
   - _A local definition shadows any global one with the same name._
12. In Hawaii, born and raised in the islands or belonging to their long-established multiethnic community, as distinct from newcomers and visitors.
   - Simple: In Hawaii, born and raised in the islands and part of their mixed community, not a newcomer or visitor.
   - _Most of the local kids at the beach grew up speaking Pidgin at home._
   - _She has lived on Maui for twenty years, but people there still don't consider her local._

## Noun

2. A person who lives in or near a particular place, as distinct from a visitor.
   - Simple: Someone who lives in a town or area, not a visitor.
   - _Ask a local where the trail begins._
   - _The locals welcomed the new family warmly._
6. A branch of a nationwide organization, especially a trade union, serving one area.
   - Simple: A nearby branch of a big organization, like one part of a national union.
   - _The local negotiated a new contract with the factory owners._
   - _Several locals sent representatives to the national convention._
7. Short for local anesthetic: a drug that numbs one part of the body without making the patient unconscious. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of local anesthetic.
   - Simple: Short for local anesthetic: medicine that numbs just one part of the body.
   - _The surgeon numbed the area with a local before stitching the cut._
   - _She stayed awake during the operation because they used a local._
9. An identifier that is only accessible within a limited part of a program.
   - Simple: A name in a program that works only inside one part of the code.
   - _The compiler warns when a local is never used._
   - _Several locals in this loop store intermediate values._
10. Short for local train: a train that stops at all or most stations on its route. — Clipping of local train.
   - Simple: Clipping of local train. A train that stops at every station along its route.
   - _Commuters packed onto the local during the evening rush._
   - _The local was running ten minutes behind schedule._
11. One's nearest or most regularly visited pub or bar. *(British)*
   - Simple: The bar or pub closest to home that you visit most.
   - _After work he stopped by his local for a pint._
   - _The whole street drinks at the same local on Fridays._

## Adverb

3. Within the nearby area, such as a city, state, or country.
   - Simple: Inside the nearby area, like a town, state, or country.
   - _Our family tries to shop local whenever we can, even if it costs a bit more._
   - _Many families prefer to eat local and seasonal._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A news item concerning events in the place where the newspaper is published.
- (noun) A Twitter user who does not belong to Stan Twitter, the network of dedicated fan accounts.
- (noun) An independent trader who deals on their own account rather than on behalf of investors.
- (adjective) In mathematics, of a property or condition: holding for, or detectable from, the parts of an object near each point, such as small neighborhoods, localizations, or finitely generated subgroups.
- (adjective) Of a ring, having a unique maximal left ideal.

## Origin

Latin locus ("a place") produced Late Latin locālis, meaning "belonging to a place," which became Middle English local, possibly also through Old French local. The ring-theory senses in mathematics go back to Krull, who in 1938 used the name "Stellenring" (from Stellen, "place") for certain rings. He took the idea from algebraic geometry, where such rings describe "local" behavior at points.

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