spatial

[ spey-shuhl ]

/ ˈspeɪ ʃəl /

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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.

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Rarely spa·cial .

Origin of spatial

First recorded in 1840–50; from Latin spati(um)space + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM spatial

spa·ti·al·i·ty

[spey-shee-al-i-tee], /ˌspeɪ ʃiˈæl ɪ ti/, nounspa·tial·ly, adverbnon·spa·tial, adjectivenon·spa·ti·al·i·ty, noun

qua·si-spa·tial, adjectiveun·spa·tial, adjectiveun·spa·ti·al·i·ty, noun

Words nearby spatial

spathe, spathic, spathiphyllum, spathose, spathulate, spatial, spatial frequency, spatially, spatial summation, spatiography, spatiotemporal

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How to use spatial in a sentence

Still, Akin has done an exceptional job of making sense of the spatial limitations.
Pre-pandemic, Kuala Lumpur’s hospitality scene was heating up with new design-forward boutique hotels|Rachel King|September 5, 2020|Fortune
The pixels were sampled in adjacent groups called “n-tuples” to account for the spatial relations among them.
The Bias in the Machine - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Sidney Perkowitz|August 19, 2020|Nautilus
Next, the team played around with the light probes, so that they hit each glomeruli in a slightly different time and spatial pattern—think changing light strobes from a disco ball, but more systematic and controlled.
A Highway to Smell: How Scientists Used Light to Incept Smell in Mice|Shelly Fan|July 1, 2020|Singularity Hub
Because different spatial patterns of light can be tuned to activate the bioink differently, both within a layer and between layers, the team decided to play with light-triggered bioprinting.
Scientists 3D Printed Ears Inside Living Mice Using Light|Shelly Fan|June 9, 2020|Singularity Hub

Paul wanted to combine player data from wearable devices with spatial information from game videos.
Why sports are becoming all about numbers — lots and lots of numbers|Silke Schmidt|May 21, 2020|Science News For Students
This spatial displacement reveals your thirst for freedom, your desire for openness and to break with the protest novel.
Living Black & Gay in the ’50s|Alain Mabanckou|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Get Smarter—Play a brain game at Brain Turk and improve your memory, attention, and spatial reasoning.
12 Ways To Be More Productive In 5 Minutes|Ari Meisel|January 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His playful geometric and spatial derivations are translations of some of the most basic and beautiful laws of language.
What Is Michel Gondry Doing With Noam Chomsky?|Jimmy So|November 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The element they have in common, Howie tells The Daily Beast, is “the use of spatial limits to intensify desire.”
Did Claustrophilia Kill U.K. Spy Gareth Williams?|Anneli Rufus|April 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
So, among other things, claustrophilia might be a name for wanting to be reminded of the body through spatial constraints.
Did Claustrophilia Kill U.K. Spy Gareth Williams?|Anneli Rufus|April 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
His interest was all in organs, in functioning parts, not in the mere spatial relationship of parts.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
"I call the type the spatial relationship of the organic elements and organs" (p. 208).
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Spatial Housing Authority requires them every 12 feet but sometimes they come in handy, especially with certain guests.
The Love of Frank Nineteen|David Carpenter Knight
These sensations would not seem to us to have any spatial character and we should not seek to localize them.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar
The impersonal time of the philosophers and scientists is merely the spatial symbol of duration.
Major Prophets of To-Day|Edwin E. Slosson

British Dictionary definitions for spatial

spatial

spacial

/ (ˈspeɪʃəl) /

adjective

of or relating to space

existing or happening in space

Derived forms of spatial

spatiality (ˌspeɪʃɪˈælɪtɪ), nounspatially, adverb

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Medical definitions for spatial

spatial

adj.

Relating to space or a space.

Other words from spatial

spa′ti•al′i•ty (spā′shē-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.spa′tial•ly adv.

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