Definition of totality
totalities
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the totality of human knowledge
the totality of the stars in the universe can only be loosely guessed at
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Words cannot measure the depth of their devotion, the purity of their love, or the totality of their courage.
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On Aug. 21, however, what’s known as the path of totality will cut a 60-mile-wide arc across the United States, beginning in Oregon at 10:15 a.m. local time and ending in South Carolina about an hour and a half later.
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On Aug. 21, Oregonians will get their first chance in 38 years to see a total solar eclipse, when the shadow of the moon will cut a 90-mile-wide path of totality across the state.
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The eclipse will last approximately 2 minutes and 41 seconds and will begin totality at 1:24 PM (CDT).
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Then came Hungary, and Romania, where Bucharest was the only European capital directly in the eclipse’s 70 mile wide path of totality.
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: the whole or entire amount of something
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