spatially

[spey-shuh-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that relates to space or to the location or extent of objects in three-dimensional space.

   Space and time are two ways in which things are spread out in relationship to each other: spatially things are here and there, and temporally things are before and after.

Other Word Forms

• nonspatially adverb
• quasi-spatially adverb
• unspatially adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of spatially¹

spatial ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

The reef has "experienced unprecedented levels of heat stress, which caused the most spatially extensive and severe bleaching recorded to date," the report found.

From BBC

"Our marketing is much more digitally led, much less spatially targeted," said Wells.

From BBC

It is most often used to study how macromolecules, cellular organelles, or cells are spatially organized, providing structural and contextual insights at sub-nanometer resolution.

From Science Daily

In this way, they obtained spatially and temporally finely resolved locations where vultures fed.

From Science Daily

The lively canvas, hardly an illustration of an event, employs light-reflective silver and golden-brown metallic paints applied in vast fields of paisley-like commas that dematerialize into a spatially ambiguous surface shimmer.

From Los Angeles Times