The place where something happens.

From or in a nearby location. / (computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.

A person who lives near a given place. / A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union. / (rail transport) Clipping of local train.

In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.

(astronomy) A region of interstellar space containing about one tenth the average density of matter of our galaxy.

(algebra) A commutative ring with a unique maximal ideal, or a noncommutative ring with a unique maximal left ideal or (equivalently) a unique maximal right ideal.

plural of local ring

(mathematics) A point on a graph (or its associated function) whose value is less than all other points near it.

A condition in which a certain part of the body acquires larger than normal size due to excessive growth of the anatomical structures or abnormal accumulation of substances.

(mathematics) A maximum within a restricted domain, especially a point on a function whose value is greater than the values of all other points near it.