An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Pertaining to, characteristic of, or restricted to a particular place or particular places.
See also:
→ local arm, → Local Bubble, → Local Group, → local inertial frame, → local interstellar cloud, → local Lorentz invariance, → local maximum, → local meridian, → local oscillator, → local position invariance, → local sidereal time, → local standard of res, → Local Supercluster, → local thermodynamic equilibrium, → local time, → local Universe, → Local Volume, → localization, → localize, → non-local thermodynamic equilibrium.

Etymology (EN): From O.Fr. local, from L.L. localis “pertaining to a place,” from L. locus “place.”

Etymology (PE): Mahali, related to mahal “place, locality,” from Ar.