totality

[ toh-tal-i-tee ]

/ toʊˈtæl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural to·tal·i·ties.

something that is total or constitutes a total; the total amount; a whole.

the state of being total; entirety.

Astronomy. total obscuration in an eclipse.

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Origin of totality

First recorded in 1590–1600; total + -ity

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In any case, culling a manageable array from the totality of splendid volumes has with each year become more difficult.
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In the case of Darren Sharper we will see how the courts and public perceptions treat his totality.
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From that limited contact he imagines the totality of their life together, every touch, glimpse, insecurity, and kindness.
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Given this totality, public distrust of Washington should come as no surprise.
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How do we capture the totality of the thing in a handful of words?
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Whether we speak of creation or posit an uncreated matter, it is the totality of the universe that we are considering at once.
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The totality of the line of morphogenetic facts can easily be resolved into a great number of distinct processes.
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But love with understanding and understanding with love is mind, and mind is the totality of man as such—the total man.
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Shackelton, in Novaya Zemlya, with a prismatic camera obtained a photograph of the reversing-layer at the beginning of totality.
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The eclipse began before moonrise, and the middle of the totality appears to have occurred at 9h.
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British Dictionary definitions for totality

totality

/ (təʊˈtælɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the whole amount

the state of being total

the state or period of an eclipse when light from the eclipsed body is totally obscured

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Word Origin and History for totality