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s | nonlocal |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective nonlocal is

in a way that is not local, or not specific to a location.

As a noun nonlocal is

one who is not a local; a stranger or foreigner.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    nonlocal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • In a way that is not local, or not specific to a location
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 16, Holland Cotter, Black History, Alive in Washington, New York Times citation
    • , passage=In 1967 the Smithsonian Institution set up a satellite exhibition and research center here, the Anacostia Community Museum, which defines community in a nonlocal way. }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is not a local; a stranger or foreigner.
  • (computing) An identifier that is not locally scoped.