LOCALITY

vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

locality (countable and uncountable, plural localities)

The fact or quality of having a position in space.

The features or surroundings of a particular place.

(uncountable, maths, computing) The condition of being local.

The situation or position of an object.

An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.

Limitation to a county, district, or place.

(dated, phrenology) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

Anagrams

• coitally

Source: Wiktionary


Lo*cal"i*ty, n.; pl. Localitiees (. Etym: [L. localitas: cf. F. localité.]

1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits. It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality. Glanvill.

2. Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant.

3. Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial. Blackstone.

4. (Phren.)

Definition: The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

5 November 2024

TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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