locality
nounUS /loʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/ · UK /ləʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/
Etymology From French localité, from Late Latin localitas, equivalent to local + -ity.
8 senses
- 1The fact or quality of having a position in space.
- 2The features or surroundings of a particular place.
- 3The condition of being local.
- 4The situation or position of an object.
- 5An area or district considered as the site of certain…
- 6Limitation to a county, district, or place.
- 7A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
- 8The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to…
1
The fact or quality of having a position in space.
- It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality.1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
2
The features or surroundings of a particular place.
- a rural locality
3
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The condition of being local.
- This shows temporal locality of reference in action because the CPU accesses i at three points in a short time period. This program also exhibits spatial locality of reference.2004, Randall Hyde, Write Great Code, Volume 1: Understanding the Machine, page 154:
4
The situation or position of an object.
5
An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
6
Limitation to a county, district, or place.
- locality of trial1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- The locality of trial required by the common law seems a consequence of the antient locality of jurisdiction. All over the world, actions transitory follow the person of the defendant, territorial suits must be discussed in the territorial tribunal. I may sue a Frenchman here for a debt contracted abroad; but lands lying in France must be sued for there, and English lands must be sued for in the kingdom of England.1768, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England: 3:349--67, 370--81, 383--85:
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Geography, Natural sciences A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
8
Human sciences, Medicine, Phrenology, Psychology, Sciences Dated The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.