1 Turn on the BP monitor and follow the directions.  Write down your BP, the date, the time, and which arm you used to take the BP. If possible, take your blood pressure twice and write down both readings. These BP readings can be 1 minute apart. Let the air out of the cuff. Turn off the monitor and take off the BP cuff.
colonialism noun [U]. âº âcontrol by one country over another and its âeconomy, or âsupport for such âcontrol: It took the ânation a century to âremove the âchains of colonialism and âachieve âindependence. (Definition of colonialism from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Localism describes a range of political philosophies which prioritize the local. Generally, localism supports local production and consumption of goods, local control of government, and promotion of local history, local culture and local identity. Localism can be contrasted with regionalism and centralized government, with its opposite being found in the unitary state.