locality

Etymology

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

noun

  1. The fact or quality of having a position in space.
  2. The features or surroundings of a particular place.
  3. (uncountable, mathematics, computing) 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.
  7. (geography) A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
  8. (dated, phrenology) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/locality), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.