a. [ L. localis, fr. locus place: cf. F. local. See Lieu, Locus. ] Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Local actions (Law), actions such as must be brought in a particular county, where the cause arises; -- distinguished from transitory actions. --
Local affection (Med.), a disease or ailment confined to a particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the system. --
Local attraction (Magnetism), an attraction near a compass, causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction, especially on shipboard. --
Local battery (Teleg.), the battery which actuates the recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for the line. --
Local circuit (Teleg.), the circuit of the local battery. --
Local color. (a) (Paint.) The color which belongs to an object, and is not caused by accidental influences, as of reflection, shadow, etc. (b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is laid. --
Local option, the right or obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts, as in each county, city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages within the district shall be allowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Railroad) A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district. [ U.S. ]

2. In newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A train or bus which stops at all stations along a line, as contrasted with an express, which stops only at certain stations designated as express stops. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. local. ] 1. A place, spot, or location. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as localization. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
Syn. -- , location, locating, fix. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. Same as localize. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
Syn. -- localize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Localitiees [ L. localitas: cf. F. localité. ] 1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Phren.) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. localisation. ] Act of localizing, or state of being localized. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cerebral localization (Physiol.), the localization of the control of special functions, as of sight or of the various movements of the body, in special regions of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Localized p. pr. & vb. n. Localizing ] [ Cf. F. localiser. See Local. ] To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. H. Spencer. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Medicine) confined or restricted to a particular location; as, the localized infection formed a definite abscess. Contrasted with disseminated or systemic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. made local or oriented locally; as, a decentralized and localized political authority. [ WordNet 1.5 ]