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noun
The place where something happens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A partially ordered set with the following additional axiomatic properties: any finite subset of it has a meet, any arbitrary subset of it has a join, and distributivity, which states that a binary meet distributes with respect to an arbitrary join. (Note: locales are just like frames except that the category of locales is opposite to the category of frames.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: venue, locus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scene
History
From French local (adj), nominal use of the adjective.
Across languages
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
