Found 4 items, similar to local.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: local
lokal
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: local
cabang persatuan, setempat
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: local
local
adj 1: 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”
[ant:
national]
2: 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”
3: affecting only a restricted part or area of the body;
“local
anesthesia” [ant:
general]
local
n 1: 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” [ant:
express]
2: anesthetic that numbs a local area of the body [syn:
local anesthetic
,
local anaesthetic,
topical anesthetic,
topical anaesthetic
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Local
Local
\Lo"cal\ (l[=o]"kal), 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.
[1913 Webster]
Gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name. --Shak.
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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.
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Local
\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. In newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place
where the paper is published. [U.S.]
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3. A train or bus which stops at all stations along a line,
as contrasted with an
express, which stops only at
certain stations designated as express stops.
[PJC]