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countable and uncountable, plural localities
The fact or quality of having a position in space. quotations examples
It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality.
1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […]
The features or surroundings of a particular place. examples
(uncountable, mathematics, computing) The condition of being local. quotations examples
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.
2004, Randall Hyde, Write Great Code, Volume 1: Understanding the Machine, page 154
The situation or position of an object. examples
An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood. examples
Limitation to a county, district, or place. quotations examples
locality of trial
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press
(geography) A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village examples
(dated, phrenology) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.