local
- Adjective. From or in a nearby location.
- Adjective. (computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
- Adjective. (mathematics, not comparable) Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
- Adjective. (medicine) Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
- Adjective. Descended from an indigenous population.
- Noun. A person who lives nearby.
- Noun. A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
- Noun. (rail transport) A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- Noun. (British) One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
- Noun. (programming) A locally scoped identifier.
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