See Also: Spatial(medicine)
spatial(dictionary)
spatial(dictionary)
spatial disorientation(encyclopedia)
Spatial agnosia(health)
spatial vectorcardiography(medicine)
spatial vector(medicine)
spatial sensing(medicine)
spatial localization(medicine)
spatial formula(medicine)

spatial (iou)



spatial adjective. Also spacial. M19.
[from Latin spatium SPACE noun + -AL1.]
Having extension in space; occupying space; consisting of or characterized by space. M19.
Of or relating to space; subject to or governed by the conditions of space, freq. as opp. to those of time. M19.
N. S. Momaday This valley alone could reflect the great spatial majesty of the sky. A. Livingstone She saw her life as spatial, not temporal.
H. Moore They do not..comprehend form in its full spatial existence.
Happening in or caused by space. M19.
Of a faculty or sense: apprehending or perceiving space or extension. L19.
Special collocations & comb.: spatial ability Psychology the (measured) aptitude for perceiving and comprehending relations involving space or extension. spatial-temporal adjective = SPATIO-TEMPORAL.
spati'ality noun spatial character, quality, or property L19.
spatially adverb with reference to space; by means of space: M19.