localization.html - n.
1 preference for what is local.
2 a local idiom, custom, etc.
3 a attachment to a place. b a limitation of ideas etc. resulting from this.

localization.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 a district or neighbourhood.
2 the site or scene of something, esp. in relation to its surroundings.
3 the position of a thing; the place where it is. [F localit

or LL localitas (as LOCAL)]

localization.html - v.tr.
(also -ise)
1 restrict or assign to a particular place.
2 invest with the characteristics of a particular place.
3 attach to districts; decentralize.

localizable adj. localization n.

localization.html - {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's hand radio jargon} City police officer, as opposed to state police or highway patrol. * /There's a local yokel westbound on the move./

localization.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 belonging to or existing in a particular place or places.
2 peculiar to or only encountered in a particular place or places.
3 of or belonging to the neighbourhood (the local doctor).
4 of or affecting a part and not the whole, esp. of the body (local pain; a local anaesthetic).
5 in regard to place.

--n.

a local person or thing, esp.: 1 an inhabitant of a particular place regarded with reference to that place.
2 a local train, bus, etc.
3 (often prec. by the) Brit. colloq. a local public house.
4 a local anaesthetic.
5 US a local branch of a trade union.

local authority Brit. an administrative body in local government. local Derby see DERBY . local government a system of administration of a county, district, parish, etc., by the elected representatives of those who live there. local option (or veto) esp. US a system whereby the inhabitants of a district may prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquor there. local preacher a Methodist lay person authorized to conduct services in a particular circuit. local time 1 time measured from the sun's transit over the meridian of a place.
2 the time as reckoned in a particular place, esp. with reference to an event recorded there. local train a train stopping at all the stations on its route.

locally adv. localness n. [ME f. OF f. LL localis f. L locus place]

localization.html - n.
a scene or locality, esp. with reference to an event or occurrence taking place there. [F local (n.) (as LOCAL), respelt to indicate stress: cf. MORALE]