locality
/loʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The property or condition of a physical system adhering to the principle of locality.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality."
- "a rural locality"
- "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."
- "locality of trial"
- "The locality of trial required by the common law seems a consequence of the antient locality of jurisdiction. All over the world, actions transitory follow the person of the defendant, territorial suits must be discussed in the territorial tribunal. I may sue a Frenchman here for a debt contracted abroad; but lands lying in France must be sued for there, and English lands must be sued for in the kingdom of England."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /loʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/
- British English: /ləʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/