nonlocal

adjective

non·​lo·​cal ˌnän-ˈlō-kəl How to pronounce nonlocal (audio)
: not local
nonlocal issues/politics
a nonlocal anesthetic
nonlocally adverb

Examples of nonlocal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The problem of nonlocal realism would languish for another three decades before being shattered by Bell. Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2022 First, creating nonlocal connections between qubits is tough, especially for companies like IBM that make qubits out of immobile superconducting circuits. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023 Mathur and others also argued that the new work implies a nonlocal effect—one that does not propagate through space but jumps from one place to another—to extract information from the black hole. George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2022 The proposal is essentially an extension of the existing closures for nonlocal hunters in Units 23 and 26A, the Outreach Coordinator for Office of Subsistence Management Kayla McKinney said. Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for nonlocal 

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Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nonlocal was in 1864

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“Nonlocal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonlocal. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.

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