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delocalize

American

[dee-loh-kuh-lahyz] / diˈloʊ kəˌlaɪz /

especially British, delocalise

verb (used with object)

delocalized, delocalizing

to remove from the proper or usual locality.
to free or remove from the restrictions of locality; free of localism, provincialism, or the like.

to delocalize a person's accent.

delocalize British

/ diːˈləʊkəˌlaɪz /

verb

to remove from the usual locality
to free from local influences

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Other Word Forms

delocalization noun

Etymology

Origin of delocalize

First recorded in 1850–55; de- + localize

Example Sentences

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Instead, Bradlyn and his collaborators turned their attention from the hinge state to the interior, where the electrons tend to "delocalize" from individual atoms and spread through the entire material.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2024

But we can have no St. Simons or Pepyses till we have a Paris or London to delocalize our gossip and give it historic breadth.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various

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