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nonlocal

/ nɒnˈləʊkəl /

adjective

  1. not of, affecting, or confined to a limited area or part

    the nonlocal aspect of the psyche

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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They proposed a theory based on nonlocal elasticity to predict pattern formation by phase separation.

The strict patrilineal system and marriages to nonlocal women seem to have helped the Avar avoid inbreeding: After analyzing the DNA of hundreds of people, the team found no examples of children born to close relatives or even to people separated by up to five degrees.

"Our work presents a paradigm shift: the topology that has traditionally been thought to exist in a single and local configuration is now nonlocal or shared between spatially separated entities," says Ornelas.

"We will focus our research efforts on defining these new protocols and expanding the landscape of topological nonlocal quantum states," says Forbes.

Their geographical origins varied among species and included a mix of local and nonlocal birds.

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