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multilocal, a.|mʌltɪˈləʊkəl|
Also multi-local.
[f. multi- + local a.]
Present, operating (esp. commercially), or performed in many places simultaneously.
1969Arzneimittel-Forschung XIX. 1716/2 By means of numerous tables compiled in the evaluation of two multilocal trials it is proved that there are not such differences. 1982K. Ohmae Mind of Strategist xiv. 199 All the multinational corporations..are now consolidating their operations in fewer locations where they can secure large enough local markets. In other words, they are turning into multilocal companies (MLCs). 1989Communication World July-Aug. 38/2 The traditional multi-local structure of companies has..created nationally based communication departments which tend not to deal with one another. 1992Nature Conservancy July-Aug. 3/3, I often call the Conservancy a ‘multilocal’ group, because we combine all the advantages of a strong local presence with a clear sense of international mission.
So multiloˈcality n., multilocal quality or character.
1935Theology XXXI. 205 There was little left for the schools but to defend philosophically the truths which devotion had decreed,..the totality, the multilocality, the permanence of the presence [of Christ in the Eucharist], etc. 1990Mediamatics Summer (Edge 90 special issue) 171 Rather than courting the gloss of homogeneous internationalism, Edge comes closer to the idea..of multi-locality; the world-wide distribution of subjectivism. |