nonlocal

alternative non-local

1. not comparableNot 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. not comparablequantum mechanicsNot adhering to the principle of locality.

plural nonlocals · alternative 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

   Synonyms: alien

2. computingAn identifier that is not locally scoped.