totality

  • 1Totality — To*tal i*ty, n. [Cf. F. totalite, LL. totalitas.] 1. The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse. [1913 Webster] 2. The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totality of human knowledge. Buckle.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Totality — may refer to:* Totality Corporation, a former professional services provider acquired by Verizon * The period during which an eclipse is total * A philosophical concept; see Absolute (philosophy) * The Totality, a fictional alien entity in the… …

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  • 3totality — I noun aggregate, aggregation, allness, collectivity, completeness, comprehensiveness, entireness, entirety, entity, everything, gross, integration, lump, mass, sum, totalness, unity, whole associated concepts: totality of the circumstances II… …

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  • 4totality — [tō tal′ə tē] n. pl. totalities 1. the fact or condition of being total; entirety 2. the time of complete shadow or coverage during an eclipse 3. the total amount or sum in totality as a whole; altogether …

    English World dictionary

  • 5Totality — «Totality» план американского генерала Дуайта Эйзенхауэра при президенте Гарри Трумэне о нанесении по СССР ударов атомными бомбами. План предусматривал сброс 20 30 атомных бомб на 20 советских городов: Москва, Горький, Куйбышев, Свердловск,… …

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  • 6totality — (n.) 1590s, from TOTAL (Cf. total) (adj.) + ITY (Cf. ity). In the eclipse sense, from 1842 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 7totality — ► NOUN 1) the whole of something. 2) Astronomy the time during which the sun or moon is totally obscured during an eclipse …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8totality — [[t]toʊtæ̱lɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N of n, in its/their N The totality of something is the whole of it. [FORMAL] ...a process of social, economic and political change which involves the totality of human experience... He did not want to reform… …

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  • 9totality — to|tal|i|ty [təuˈtælıti US tou ] n [U] formal 1.) the whole of something in sth s totality ▪ It s essential that we look at the problem in its totality. 2.) a total amount …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10totality — noun (U) formal 1 the whole of something: in its totality (=as a complete thing): It s essential that we look at the problem in its totality. 2 a total amount …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English