spatially

[ spey-shuh lee ]

/ ˈspeɪ ʃə li /

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adverb

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.

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Origin of spatially

spatial + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM spatially

non·spa·tial·ly, adverbqua·si-spa·tial·ly, adverbun·spa·tial·ly, adverb

Words nearby spatially

spathiphyllum, spathose, spathulate, spatial, spatial frequency, spatially, spatial summation, spatiography, spatiotemporal, Spätlese, spatter

How to use spatially in a sentence

You would also see six extra spatial dimensions, which string theory says are curled up at every point in our familiar 4D space-time fabric.
What Is a Particle?|Natalie Wolchover|November 12, 2020|Quanta Magazine
He walked the parade loop five times to ensure he understood its spatial limitations.
Parents are going the extra mile to save Halloween for their kids|Emily Davies|October 29, 2020|Washington Post
The olfactory cortex is not organized in a logical spatial manner, like other sensory cortices are.
Our Mind-Boggling Sense of Smell - Issue 91: The Amazing Brain|Ann-Sophie Barwich|October 14, 2020|Nautilus
New fine-tuned climate simulations that include spatial variations in temperature and precipitation across the island also improved on past temperature reconstructions.
By 2100, Greenland will be losing ice at its fastest rate in 12,000 years|Carolyn Gramling|September 30, 2020|Science News

The region of the brain called the hippocampus, which is critical for spatial navigation and memory, sparked with ripples of electrical waves in sleep.
How a Memory Quirk of the Human Brain Can Galvanize AI|Shelly Fan|September 28, 2020|Singularity Hub
Her uncanny juxtapositions are provocative—spatially, aesthetically, and psychologically.
The Artist Formerly Known as Janet Malcolm|Lauren Du Graf|June 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
An entity merely known as spatially related to some discerned entity is what we mean by the bare idea of ‘place.’
The Concept of Nature|Alfred North Whitehead
As already pointed out, nature and super-nature were taken as physically and spatially distinct.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3|Various
It is probable that muticus and calvatus would be capable of interbreeding if they were not spatially isolated.
Description of a New Softshell Turtle From the Southeastern United States|Robert G. Webb
In this sense the Spirit can be no more spatially extended, and no more omnipresent, than the Father or the Son.
The Mormon Doctrine of Deity|B. H. Roberts
Visual sensations are spread out spatially, and thus fall into spatial patterns.
Psychology|Robert S. Woodworth