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nonlocal

nonlocal adjective: not local; not specific to a location.

Adjective

nonlocal (not comparable)

  1. Not local; not specific to a location
    • In 1967 the Smithsonian Institution set up a satellite exhibition and research center here, the Anacostia Community Museum, which defines community in a nonlocal way.2009 January 16, Holland Cotter, “Black History, Alive in Washington”, in New York Times
  2. (quantum mechanics) Not adhering to the principle of locality.

Noun

nonlocal (plural nonlocals)

  1. One who is not a local; a stranger or foreigner.
    • Touristic discourse is inherently unlocal: a construction of images and representations that delocalize a tourist destination, repackaging it into terms and images easily circulated and consumed by nonlocals.2013, Chad Haines, Nation, Territory, and Globalization in Pakistan
    Synonyms:
    alien
  2. An identifier that is not locally scoped.

Synonyms of nonlocal

Forms of nonlocal

Adjective
alternative formnon-local
Noun
pluralnonlocals

Origin of nonlocal

From non- + local.

Words formed from nonlocal

Questions about nonlocal

What does nonlocal mean?
Nonlocal means not local; not specific to a location.
What part of speech is nonlocal?
Nonlocal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonlocal in the dictionary

  1. nonlobbyists
  2. nonlobed
  3. nonlobotomized
  4. nonlobulate
  5. nonlobulated
  6. nonlocal
  7. nonlocalities
  8. nonlocality
  9. nonlocalizability
  10. nonlocalizable
  11. nonlocalized

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