locality

  • 1locality — locality, district, vicinity, neighborhood denote a more or less definitely circumscribed place or region, especially from the point of view of those who live in it. Locality applies to a region of undefined boundaries, but it usually suggests an …

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  • 2Locality — is a term associated with a place or Location (geography) but may also refer to: * Locality of reference in computer science, which describes how programs typically access data * Principle of locality in physics * Locality (statistics) in… …

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  • 3Locality — Lo*cal i*ty, n.; pl. {Localitiees}. [L. localitas: cf. F. localit[ e].] 1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits. [1913 Webster] It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid… …

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  • 4locality — UK US /ləʊˈkæləti/ noun [C] (plural localities) ► a particular area of a state or country: »The plan includes support for small businesses to modernize manufacturing in the locality. »The mineral is mined in Sweden and a number of Norwegian… …

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  • 5locality — (n.) 1620s, fact of having a place, from Fr. localité, from L.L. localitatem (nom. localitas) locality, from localis belonging to a place (see LOCAL (Cf. local)). Meaning a place or district is from 1830 …

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  • 6locality — [lō kal′ə tē] n. pl. localities [Fr localité < LL localitis: see LOCAL] 1. position with regard to surrounding objects, landmarks, etc. [a sense of locality] 2. a place; district; neighborhood …

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  • 7locality — I noun address, area, bearings, demesne, district, domain, environment, environs, habitat, locale, location, locus, neighborhood, pale, place, position, province, purlieus, quarter, region, scene, seat, section, sector, site, situation, situs,… …

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  • 8locality — ► NOUN (pl. localities) 1) an area or neighbourhood. 2) the position or site of something …

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  • 9locality — [[t]loʊkæ̱lɪti[/t]] localities N COUNT A locality is a small area of a country or city. [FORMAL] Following the discovery of the explosives the president cancelled his visit to the locality... Details of the drinking water quality in your locality …

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  • 10locality — UK [ləʊˈkælətɪ] / US [loʊˈkælətɪ] noun [countable] Word forms locality : singular locality plural localities formal a particular area or district She needs a job in the locality. Many people had moved to different localities …

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