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local government
nounB2
/ˌləʊkl ˈɡʌvnmənt/The administration of a particular town, city, or district, dealing with local public services and affairs.
local group
nounC1/C2
/ˈləʊkəl ɡruːp/A small cluster of gravitationally bound galaxies, typically containing several dozen members, of which our Milky Way is a part.
local loan
nounC1
/ˈləʊkəl ləʊn/A sum of money borrowed from a financial institution that is geographically close to the borrower's residence or place of business.
local option
nounC1
/ˈləʊkəl ˈɒpʃən/A law, regulation, or choice that applies only within a specific geographic area (such as a county, city, or district), rather than statewide or nationally.
local oscillator
nounC2
/ˈləʊkəl ˈɒsɪleɪtə/A small, internal electronic oscillator within a receiver or transmitter used to generate a specific frequency for signal mixing.
local preacher
nounC1
/ˌləʊkəl ˈpriːtʃə/A layperson, typically in certain Protestant denominations (especially Methodism), who is licensed to preach in a specific local church or circuit but is not an ordained minister.
local sign
nounLow
/ˈləʊkl saɪn/In medicine, a subjective sensation (such as pain or tenderness) felt by a patient, indicating the specific location of a disease or injury.
local standard of rest
nounVery low (C2+ professional technical)
/ˌləʊkl ˈstændəd əv rest/A frame of reference used in astronomy to describe the average motion of stars near the Sun.
local time
nounB2
/ˌləʊkl ˈtaɪm/The official time in a particular region or time zone.
local wind
nounLow
/ˈləʊkl wɪnd/A wind system whose characteristics are determined by local topography and temperature contrasts, occurring over a relatively small geographical area.
locale
nounB2
/ləʊˈkɑːl/A place or location, especially in relation to a particular event or situation.
localism
nounC2
/ˈləʊkəlɪz(ə)m/A word, phrase, pronunciation, or custom peculiar to a particular place.
localite
nounVery Low (Rare/Archaising)
/ˈləʊkəlaɪt/A person who lives in a particular locality or community, often implying a long-term resident with local knowledge.
locality
nounC1
/ləʊˈkæləti/A specific, defined place or geographical area; the area or neighbourhood where something exists or happens.
localize
verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1
/ˈləʊ.kə.laɪz/To restrict something to or adapt it for a particular place or region; to identify or find the exact position of something.
locally compact space
nounC2+
/ˌləʊ.kə.li ˈkɒm.pækt ˈspeɪs/A topological space in which every point has a compact neighbourhood.
locally euclidean space
nounC2+ (Academic/Technical)
/ˌləʊkəli juːˈklɪdiən speɪs/A topological space where every point has a neighbourhood that is homeomorphic to an open subset of Euclidean space of some fixed dimension n.
locally finite set
nounC2
/ˌləʊkəli ˈfaɪnaɪt ˈsɛt/In mathematics, a set with the property that every element intersects only finitely many other elements of the set.
locarno
nounC2
/ləʊˈkɑːnəʊ/A city in southern Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore.
locarno pact
nounLow
/ləʊˈkɑː.nəʊ pækt/A series of treaties signed in 1925 in Locarno, Switzerland, intended to secure post-WWI peace in Western Europe and guarantee the borders between Germany, France, and Belgium.

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