Local
24 definitions retrieved  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.] [1913 Webster] 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] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]  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] 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, limited] 2: anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body [syn: local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, local, {topical anesthetic}, topical anaesthetic]  local [loukl] hiesig; lokal; lokal [math.]; Stammkneipe; örtlich; örtliches  local [loukl] local  local helybeli helyifiók helyihír helyi legközelebbikocsma  local [loukl] lokaal; plaatselijk  local [loukl] local, locativo  local [loukl] lokal; ortlig  local [lokal] Anstalt; Gelaß; Ort; Platz; Stelle lokal; örtlich Gemach; Stube; Zimmer  local [lokal] place local regional chamber; room  local [lokal] lokaal; plaats; plek; oord lokaal; plaatselijk lokaal gewestelijk; regionaal; streek‐ kamer; lokaal; vertrek  local Anstalt; Gelaß; Ort; Platz; Stelle lokal; örtlich Fleck; Ort; Platz; Stätte; Stelle; Terrain  local place local location; place; spot  LOCAL. Pertaining to a place; something annexed to the freehold or tied to a certain place; as, local courts, or courts whose jurisdiction is limited to a particular place; local allegiance, or allegiance due while you are in a particular place or country; local taxes, or those which are collected for particular districts.  local Einheimische m,f; Einheimischer local Ortsansässige m,f; Ortsansässiger local Stammkneipe f local hiesig; lokal adj local lokal adj [math.] local örtlich local örtliches local ortsansässig adj  175 Moby Thesaurus words for "local": Amtrak, Pullman, Pullman car, aboriginal, aborigine, adjoining, affiliate, alehouse, arm, autochthon, baggage car, baggage train, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor, bistro, blind tiger, boxcar, branch, branch office, cabaret, cable railroad, caboose, cafe, car, carriage, chair car, chapter, choo-choo, city, close by, coach, coal car, cocktail lounge, cog railroad, cog railway, collective bargaining, company union, confined, county, covered waggon, craft union, day coach, dialect, dialectal, diner, dinghy, dining car, district, dive, division, dramshop, drawing room, drinking saloon, earliest inhabitant, el, electric, electric train, elevated, express, express train, first comer, flat, flatcar, flier, freight, freight train, freighter, funicular, geographically limited, gin mill, gondola, goods train, groggery, grogshop, honky-tonk, horizontal union, idiomatic, indigene, industrial union, insular, interurban, labor union, lightning express, limited, local union, local yokel, localized, lodge, luggage van, mail car, mail van, metro, milk train, monorail, municipal, native, nearby, nightclub, of a place, offshoot, organ, organized labor, palace car, parliamentary, parliamentary train, parlor car, parochial, particular, passenger car, passenger train, peculiar, post, pothouse, primitive, primitive settler, provincial, pub, public, public house, rack-and-pinion railroad, railroad train, railway car, rathskeller, rattler, reefer, refrigerator car, regional, resident, restricted, rolling stock, roomette, rumshop, saloon, saloon bar, sectarian, shire, shuttle, shuttle train, sleeper, small-town, smoker, smoking car, speakeasy, special, specific, state, stockcar, streamliner, subway, tank, taproom, tavern, tender, topical, town, townsman, townswoman, trade guild, trade union, train, truck, tube, underground, union local, van, vernacular, vertical union, village, waggon, way train, wine shop, wing Local related |
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