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localisation of function |
localisation principle |
localise |
localised |
localism |
locality
| localization
| localization of function
| localization principle
| localize
| localized
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locality
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun locality has 1 sense
- locality(n = noun.location) neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity - a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods" has particulars: gold coast, 'hood, place, proximity, scenery, latin quarter, left bank, montmartre, right bank, charlestown
is a kind of section
Derived form adjective local2
CIDE DICTIONARY
locality, n. [L. localitas: cf. F. localité.].
- 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 of quantity
and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality." [1913 Webster] - Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant. [1913 Webster]
- Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
locality, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a district or neighbourhood.
2 the site or scene of something, esp. in relation to its surroundings.
3 the position of a thing; the place where it is.
1 a district or neighbourhood.
2 the site or scene of something, esp. in relation to its surroundings.
3 the position of a thing; the place where it is.
Etymology
F localit{eacute} or LL localitas (as LOCAL)
THESAURUS
locality
abode, area, bailiwick, bearings, belt, bench mark, district, domain, emplacement, field, habitat, haunt, hole, home, latitude and longitude, lieu, locale, located, location, locus, native environment, neighborhood, pinpoint, place, placed, placement, point, position, positioned, province, range, region, section, sector, set, site, situate, situation, situs, sphere, spot, stamping ground, stead, territory, tract, vicinage, vicinity, whereabout, whereabouts, zoneROGET THESAURUS
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Place
N place, lieu, spot, point, dot, niche, nook, hole, pigeonhole, compartment, premises, precinct, station, area, courtyard, square, abode, locality, ins and outs, every hole and corner, somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim.Situation
N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.
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