nonlocal
adjective
non·lo·cal
ˌnän-ˈlō-kəl 
: not local
nonlocal issues/politics
a nonlocal anesthetic
nonlocally
adverb
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The problem of nonlocal realism would languish for another three decades before being shattered by Bell.
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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
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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
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“Nonlocal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonlocal. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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