multilocalityn.
/ˌmʌltɪlə(ʊ)ˈkalᵻti/, U.S. /ˈˌməltiˌloʊˈkælədi/; see also multi- comb. form. The quality or fact of being present or operating in many places simultaneously.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > presence > [noun] > being in more than one place at a time
multipresence1615
pluripresence1791
bilocation1858
multilocation1865
multilocality1935
1935 Theology 31 205 The truths which devotion had decreed,..the totality, the multilocality, the permanence of the presence [of Christ in the Eucharist], etc.
1977 Science 195 754 The problem of estimating deleterious health effects of additional pollution of one kind or another may be solved through a large, interdisciplinary, multipollutant, and multilocality epidemiological study.
1999 Jrnl. Ethnic & Migration Stud. (Nexis) 1 Apr. 213 The notions of a bricolage of identities and cultures, hybridity, creolisation, fluidity, multi-locality, and diaspora have acquired considerable influence in the analysis of immigrant practices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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