Locality definitions

lō-kăl'ĭ-tē
A particular neighborhood, place, or district.
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The fact or quality of having position in space.
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Position with regard to surrounding objects, landmarks, etc.

A sense of locality.

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A place; district; neighborhood.
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The fact or quality of having a position in space.
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Plural The features or surroundings of a particular place.
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The situation or position of an object.
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An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
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Limitation to a county, district, or place.

Locality of trial.

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(dated, phrenology) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
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Origin of locality

French localité from Late Latin locālitās from locālis local local

Sentence Examples

  • Objects produced in one locality are found in others.

  • The locality and the position of our troops were known to him as far as they could be known to anyone in our army.

  • Setting aside London and Edinburgh, no locality in the British Isles is so intimately associated with the history of English literature as the Lake District.

  • With a baby on the way, Quinn's and Martha's top priority was a locality where they could raise a family in a large and comfortable home.

  • It is well known that Darwin was deeply impressed by differences in flora and fauna, which seemed to be functions of locality, and not the result of obvious dissimilarities of environment.

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