Definitions for: Local


[n] 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"
[n] anesthetic that numbs a local area of the body
[adj] 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"
[adj] (medicine) affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia"
[adj] 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: Lo"cal, a. [L. localis, fr. locus place: cf. F. local.
See Lieu, Locus.]
Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite
region or portion of space; restricted to one place or
region; as, a local custom.

Gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
--Shak.

Local actions (Law), actions such as must be brought in a
particular county, where the cause arises; --
distinguished from transitory actions.

Local affection (Med.), a disease or ailment confined to a
particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the
system.

Local attraction (Magnetism), an attraction near a compass,
causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction,
especially on shipboard.

Local battery (Teleg.), the battery which actuates the
recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as
distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for
the line.

Local circuit (Teleg.), the circuit of the local battery.


Local color.
(a) (Paint.) The color which belongs to an object, and is not
caused by accidental influences, as of reflection,
shadow, etc.
(b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its
inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is
laid.

Local option, the right or obligation of determining by
popular vote within certain districts, as in each county,
city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages
within the district shall be allowed.


Lo"cal, n.
1. (Railroad) A train which receives and deposits passengers
or freight along the line of the road; a train for the
accommodation of a certain district. [U.S.]



2. On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place
where the paper is published. [U.S.]

Synonyms: community, district, local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, localised, localized, topical, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic

Antonyms: express, general, national

See Also: anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic, anesthetic agent, anesthyl, antipruritic, benzocaine, butacaine, butacaine sulfate, Ethocaine, ethyl aminobenzoate, ethyl chloride, lidocaine, procaine, public transport, tetracaine, Xylocaine

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