nonlocal

adj, noun — 3 senses

nonlocal

adj

Etymology From non- + local.

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:

Derived terms: nonlocality

nonlocal

noun

Etymology From non- + local.

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:

2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences An identifier that is not locally scoped.

Synonyms: alien, outlander, peregrine

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