Total refers to areas in one city that are very solidly in that city, with the nearest area of the other city distinctly distant. This is the opposed of areas that are “crosshatched.”
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Total Term Timeline in The City & the City
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Chapter 2
...the case involves breach, but Corwi replies that it’s unlikely, because the “area’s mostly pretty total.” Borlú points out that some of GunterStrász is crosshatched, but Corwi replies that she still...
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