spatiotemporal
Americanadjective
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pertaining to space-time.
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of or relating to both space and time.
adjective
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of or existing in both space and time
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of or concerned with space-time
Other Word Forms
- spatiotemporally adverb
Etymology
Origin of spatiotemporal
1915–20; < Latin spati ( um ) space + -o- + temporal 1
Example Sentences
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Turing patterns, known as spatiotemporal stationary patterns, are widely observed in biological and chemical systems, such as the regular surface colouring on sea-shells.
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024
He added that depending on physical aspects — mouth shape, eye warmth, spatiotemporal dynamics, body language — a smile may be perceived as sinister by some people and not so by others.
From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2022
In a sense, our creators are everywhere and nowhere at once, standing outside our spatiotemporal manifold.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2022
The German neuroscientist Georg Northoff argues that a "conscious…artificial creature would need to show spatiotemporal mechanisms such as… the nestedness and expansion" of spontaneous fluctuations.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2021
This concept envisions spatiotemporal interactions between life and environment, and how they modify each other.
From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2019
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