nonlocal

/ nɒnˈləʊkəl /

adjective

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

   the nonlocal aspect of the psyche

Example Sentences

The book’s author, Katherine Solomon, is a leading researcher in noetics — the science of parapsychology — and the crux of her thesis is explosive and radical, centering around the concept of nonlocal consciousness, or the notion that our brains are not autonomous machines but rather receptors that acquire consciousness externally.

From Los Angeles Times

But given this is a Dan Brown novel, there is powerful opposition to this idea, and a strong desire to weaponize nonlocal consciousness, especially within the corridors of a certain intelligence agency in Washington.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Science Daily

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.

From Science Magazine

"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.

From Science Daily