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Locale (noun)
The place where something happens.
“Being near running water and good shade, the explorers decided it was a good locale for setting up camp.”
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Locale (noun)
The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.
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Locale (noun)
A partially ordered set with the following additional axiomatic properties: any finite subset of it has a meet, any arbitrary subset of it has a join, and distributivity, which states that a binary meet distributes with respect to an arbitrary join. (Note: locales are just like frames except that the category of locales is opposite to the category of frames.)
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Local (adjective)
From or in a nearby location.
“We prefer local produce.”
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Local (adjective)
Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
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Local (adjective)
Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
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Local (adjective)
Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
“The patient didn’t want to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia.”
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Local (adjective)
Descended from an indigenous population.
“Hawaiian Pidgin is spoken by the local population.”
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Local (noun)
A person who lives near a given place.
“It’s easy to tell the locals from the tourists.”
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Local (noun)
A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
“I’m in the TWU, too. Local 6.”
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Local (noun)
A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
“The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.”
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Local (noun)
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.”
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Local (noun)
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.”
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Local (noun)
An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
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Local (noun)
clipping of local anesthetic
“1989, Road House, 39:59:”
“Well, Mr. Dalton, you may add nine staples to your dossier of thirty‐one broken bones, two bullet wounds, nine puncture wounds and four steel screws. That’s an estimate, of course. I’ll give you a local.”
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Locale (noun)
a place where something happens or is set, or that has particular events associated with it
“her summers were spent in a variety of exotic locales”
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Local (adjective)
relating or restricted to a particular area or one’s neighbourhood
“researching local history”
“the local post office”
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Local (adjective)
denoting a telephone call made to a nearby place and charged at a relatively low rate.
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Local (adjective)
denoting a train or bus serving a particular district, with frequent stops
“the village has an excellent local bus service”
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Local (adjective)
(in technical use) relating to a particular region or part, or to each of any number of these
“migration can regulate the local density of animals”
“a local infection”
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Local (adjective)
denoting a variable or other entity that is only available for use in one part of a program.
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Local (adjective)
denoting a device that can be accessed without the use of a network.
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Local (noun)
an inhabitant of a particular area or neighbourhood
“the street was full of locals and tourists”
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Local (noun)
a pub convenient to a person’s home
“a pint in the local”
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Local (noun)
a local train or bus service
“catch the local into New Delhi”
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Local (noun)
a local branch of an organization, especially a trade union.
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Local (noun)
a floor trader who trades on their own account, rather than on behalf of other investors.