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;
Gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Local actions (Law),
Local affection (Med.),
Local attraction (Magnetism),
Local battery (Teleg.),
Local circuit (Teleg.),
Local color.
Local option,
n.
‖n. [ F. local. ]
n. Same as localization. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
v. t. Same as localize. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
n.
n.;
It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity
and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. localisation. ] Act of localizing, or state of being localized. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cerebral localization (Physiol.),
v. t.
adj.