Definition of "local" in Englisch

adjective

1. From or in a nearby location.

   • We prefer local produce.

2. (computing, of a resource) Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.

   • local disk drive
   • local file
   • The panel shows both local and remote sites.

3. (computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.

4. (mathematics, not comparable, of a condition or property) Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular:

5. (mathematics, not comparable, of a condition or property) Detectable from the behavior of substructures understood to be "near points;" in particular:

6. (algebra, of a ring) Having a unique maximal (left) ideal.

7. (medicine) Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.

   • local lesion
   • The patient didn't want to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia.

8. Descended from an indigenous population.

   • Hawaiian Pidgin is spoken by the local population.

noun

1. A person who lives in or near a given place.

   • It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.

2. A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.

   • I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.

3. (rail transport) Clipping of local train.

   • The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.

4. (British) One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.

   • I got barred from my local, so I've started going all the way into town for a drink.

5. (programming) A locally scoped identifier.

   • Functional programming languages usually don't allow changing the immediate value of locals once they've been initialized, unless they're explicitly marked as being mutable.

6. (US, slang, journalism) An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.

7. (colloquial, medicine) Clipping of local anesthetic.

8. (finance) An independent trader who acts for themselves rather than on behalf of investors.

9. (fandom slang, derogatory) A Twitter user who is not a part of Stan Twitter.

   • Her camera roll is filled with pictures and videos of her idol, she doesn't let any of her friends see her account because "no locals allowed", […]