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spatial

[ spey-shuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to space, the three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
existing or occurring in space; having extension in space.

spatial

/ ˈspeɪʃəl; ˌspeɪʃɪˈælɪtɪ /

Origin of spatial¹

First recorded in 1840–50; from Latin spati(um) space + -al ¹

This spatial displacement reveals your thirst for freedom, your desire for openness and to break with the protest novel.

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His playful geometric and spatial derivations are translations of some of the most basic and beautiful laws of language.

The element they have in common, Howie tells The Daily Beast, is “the use of spatial limits to intensify desire.”

So, among other things, claustrophilia might be a name for wanting to be reminded of the body through spatial constraints.

His interest was all in organs, in functioning parts, not in the mere spatial relationship of parts.

"I call the type the spatial relationship of the organic elements and organs" (p. 208).

Spatial Housing Authority requires them every 12 feet but sometimes they come in handy, especially with certain guests.

These sensations would not seem to us to have any spatial character and we should not seek to localize them.

The impersonal time of the philosophers and scientists is merely the spatial symbol of duration.

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