Translocal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Between locations. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Between points in a space. not-comparable

    "At the end of the paper we briefly mention the possibility that our network carries a translocal far-order which leads to the concept of wormhole spaces and a scale dependent dimension if the coarse graining procedure is no longer local.."

  3. 3
    Involving a sense of identity split between or blended from multiple locations, especially in multiple ethnic regions. not-comparable

    "In the following account of ethnographic research carried out in the context of a textual community, I demonstrate how 'translocal phenomena,' which I understand to include diasporic communities and communities that emerge in relation to the mass media and electronic communications, do not entirely evade classical methods of participant observation as some ethnographers have assumed."

Example

More examples

"At the end of the paper we briefly mention the possibility that our network carries a translocal far-order which leads to the concept of wormhole spaces and a scale dependent dimension if the coarse graining procedure is no longer local.."

Etymology

From trans- + local.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.