local

1. (adj) From or in a nearby location. 2. (adj) (computing, of a resource) Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline. 3. (adj) (computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program. 4. (adj) (mathematics, not comparable, of a condition or property) Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular: 5. (adj) (topology) Satisfied by at least one open neighborhood of every point. 6. (adj) (topology) Satisfied by arbitrarily small open neighborhoods of every point. 7. (adj) (group theory, of a property of an infinite group) Satisfied by every finitely generated subgroup. 8. (adj) (mathematics, not comparable, of a condition or property) Detectable from the behavior of substructures understood to be "near points;" in particular: 9. (adj) (algebra, algebraic geometry, of a property P of a ring R (or an R-module M)) Such that the following conditions are equivalent: (1) P holds for R (M); (2) P holds for the localization R_p (M_p) for all prime ideals p of R; (3) P holds for the localization R_m (M_m) for all maximal ideals m of R. 10. (adj) (group theory, of a property of a finite group) Detectable from the behavior of the normalizers of the nontrivial p-subgroups. 11. (adj) (algebra, of a ring) Having a unique maximal (left) ideal. 12. (adj) (medicine) Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism. 13. (adj) Descended from an indigenous population. 14. (n) A person who lives in or near a given place. 15. (n) A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union. 16. (n) (British) One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar. 17. (n) (programming) A locally scoped identifier. 18. (n) (US, slang, journalism) An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published. 19. (n) (finance) An independent trader who acts for themselves rather than on behalf of investors. 20. (n) (fandom slang, derogatory) A Twitter user who is not a part of Stan Twitter. 21. (adv) In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc. 22. (n) (colloquial, medicine) Clipping of local anesthetic. [(medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.] 23. (n) (rail transport) Clipping of local train. [(rail transport) A train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.]