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Local
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Look up local in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Local may refer to any of the following:
In Medicine:
- Local refers to a restricted part of the organism. Such as a local anesthesia.
In computing:
- Locale, a term used in software development to refer to the user's location
- Localization, the process of customizing software for users in different locations
- local variable
- .local, a pTLD
In Sociology:
- Localism, is the emphasis on local, small-scale, or exclusive cultural aspects and systems, as opposed to more larger, inclusive, (and perhaps unmanageable) systems.
In Mathematics:
- Locally, a term used in topology
- Local ring a ring with a proper Ideal (ring theory)
In Physics:
- Local, describes theories which are Lorentz invariant.
In Economics:
- Locals are individual chapters of labour unions.
In Culture:
- Local H, a rock band from Zion, Illinois
- Local Hero, a 1983 film starring Burt Lancaster
- Local, the comic book series by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly
- Another name for a public house or pub.
In Astronomy:
- Local Interstellar Cloud, the interstellar cloud that contains the Solar System
- Local Bubble, the larger bubble of gas that contains the Local Interstellar Cloud
- The Local Arm, the arm of the Milky Way that contains the Solar System
- Local Group, the group of galaxies that contains the Milky Way
- Local Supercluster, the supercluster (also known as the Virgo Supercluster) that contains the Milky Way and the Local Group
In Politics:
In Trade Unions:'
- A Local union, or local for short, is a branch of a larger trade union.
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