English Explanatory Dictionary

locality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fact or quality of having a position in space.
  2. The features or surroundings of a particular place.
  3. The condition of being local.
  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.
  7. A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
  8. The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

Pronunciation

/loʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/ /ləʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/ En-us-locality.ogg

Word forms

locality localities

Etymology

From French localité, from Late Latin localitas, equivalent to local + -ity.

Derived words

equilocality illocality microlocality neolocality principle of locality pseudolocality sublocality translocality type locality ultralocality virilocality
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