Usually means: Peak higher than immediate neighbors.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (local maximum)

noun:  (mathematics) A maximum within a restricted domain; a point on a function whose value is greater than the values of all other points near it, especially if another local maximum of greater value is known to exist.

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