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—localness, n./loh"keuhl/, adj.1. pertaining to or characterized by place or position in space; spatial.2. pertaining to, characteristic of, or restricted to a particular place or particular places: a local custom.3. pertaining to a city, town, or small district rather than an entire state or country: local transportation.4. stopping at most or all stations: a local train.5. pertaining to or affecting a particular part or particular parts, as of a physical system or organism: a local disease.6. Med. (of anesthesia or an anesthetic) affecting only a particular part or area of the body, without concomitant loss of consciousness, as distinguished from general anesthesia.n.7. a local train, bus, etc.8. a newspaper item of local interest.9. a local branch of a union, fraternity, etc.10. a local anesthetic.11. Often, locals.a. a local person or resident: primarily of interest to locals.b. a local athletic team: the locals versus the state champions.12. stamp (def. 22).13. Brit. Informal. a neighborhood pub.v.i.14. Informal. to travel by or take a local train or the like.[1400-50; late ME < LL localis. See LOCUS, -AL1]
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Universalium. 2010.