locality
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locality
- /loʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/ US
- /ləʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/ UK
Rhymes with -ælɪti
Where it comes from
From French localité, from Late Latin localitas, equivalent to local + -ity.
noun localities
- 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.
- The features or surroundings of a particular place. a rural locality
- 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.
- 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. locality of trial
- A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village.
- The property or condition of a physical system adhering to the principle of locality.
- The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: vicinity, neighborhood, neighbourhood, location, locale, localization, agglomeration, localisation, local, stockpiling, settlement, redevelopment, community, storage, hometown, commune
Translations
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noun fact or quality of having a position in space
| Deutsch | Räumlichkeit |
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noun features or surroundings of a particular place
| Français | région |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Gegend, Örtlichkeit |
| Ελληνικά | τοποθεσία topothesía |
noun maths, computing: condition of being local
| Deutsch | Lokalität |
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noun situation or position of an object
| Deutsch | Ort, Lage, örtliche Lage |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | θέση thési |
noun site of certain activity, neighbourhood
| Español | vecindario, vecindarios, localidad |
|---|---|
| Português | localidade |
| Français | quartier, voisinage |
| Deutsch | Gegend, Viertel, nähere Umgebung, Ortsteil |
| Ελληνικά | γειτονιά geitoniá |
noun limitation to a county, district, or place
| Deutsch | Ortsbezogenheit, örtliche Zuständigkeit |
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noun built-up area (city, town or village)
| Français | localité |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Ortschaft |
| Русский | населённый пункт naseljónnyj punkt |
Talk about this word "locality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/locality. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. locality. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/locality "locality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/locality.Cite this
@misc{locality_2026,
title = {locality},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/locality},
urldate = {2026-11-05}
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