Local

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Local may refer to any of the following:

In Medicine:

• Local refers to local anesthesia.

In Programming:

• Locale, a term used in software development to refer to the user's location
• Localization, the process of customizing software for users in different locations

In Sociology:

• Localism, is the emphasis on local, small-scale, or exclusive cultural aspects and systems, as opposed to more larger, inclusive, (and perhaps unmanageable) systems.

In Mathematics:

• Locally, a term used in topology

In Physics:

• Local, describes theories which are Lorentz invariant.

In Economics:

• Locals are individual chapters of labour unions.

In Culture:

• Local H, a rock band from Zion, Illinois
• Local Hero, a 1983 film starring Burt Lancaster
• Local, the comic book series by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly
• Another name for a public house or pub.

In Astronomy:

• Local Fluff, where our Solar System resides
• Local Bubble, where the Local Fluff resides
• The Local Arm branch of the Milky Way
• The Local Subgroup of Galaxies, including the Milky Way
• Local Group, the galaxy cluster where our galaxy subcluster resides
• Local Supercluster, where the our galaxy cluster cloud resides

In Politics:

• Local Party, a party which contested elections in Slough, England in the 1990s

In Trade Unions:'

• A Local union, or local for short, is a branch of a larger trade union.

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