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LOCAL Problem, is one that is capable of an insinite number of different solutions; because the point, which is to solve the problem, may be indi<*>ferently taken within a certain extent; as suppose any where in such a line, within such a plane figure, &c, which is called a geometrical Locus.

A Local problem is simple, when the point sought is in a right line; plane, when the point sought is in the circumference of a circle; solid, when it is in the circumference of a conic section; or sursolid, when the point is in the perimeter of a line of a higher kind.

Local Motion, or Loco-Motion, the change of place: See Motion.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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