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Definition: Spatial |
SpatialAdjective1. Pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space; "the first dimension to concentrate on is the spatial one"; "spatial ability"; "spatial awareness"; "the spatial distribution of the population". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spatial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | Pertaining to space. (references) |
Science | A characteristic that refers to a location (which may be a specific location on the Earth's surface, or relative to an arbitrary point). (references) |
Solar | Pertaining to space, or pertaining to distance such as spatial variation (variation over distance). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SPAMO | English | Spatial model | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: SpatialSynonym: spacial (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: nonspatial (adj). (additional references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | New data in a mouse model have shown that running not only increased the numbers of neurons in the hippocampus, but also helped with spatial memory (that is, how the animals oriented themselves to their environment). (references) | |
Williams syndrome is a rare, congenital (present at birth) disorder characterized by physical and developmental problems including an impulsive and outgoing (excessively social) personality, limited spatial skills and motor control, and intellectual disability (i.e., developmental delay, learning disabilities, mental retardation, or attention deficit disorder). (references) | ||
Business | The biggest trend in the tourism industry in South Africa is the Spatial Development Initiative (SDI). (references) | |
In addition, initiatives such as the Spatial Development Initiatives (SDI's) are also offering opportunities in hotel development, management and other services. (references) | ||
This sentiment is exemplified in the government-backed Spatial Development Initiatives (SDI's) which has already attracted more than $14 billion in environmentally conscious investments. (references) | ||
Economic History | Korea | This projection is mainly due to the Korean government's 10-year plan that is dedicated to the development of its national spatial data infrastructure. (references) |
South Africa | The South African government continues to look for projects in the framework of its Spatial Development Initiatives Program (SDIs), in urban and rural centers, and in partnership with other countries in the region in order to improve infrastructure. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Spatial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.68% of the time. "Spatial" is used about 1,230 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.68% | 1,226 | 6,365 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.32% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,230 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Integrated Spatial Information Solutions, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "spatial": activity having spatial impact ♦ national Spatial Data Infrastructure ♦ spatial arrangement ♦ Spatial Behavior ♦ spatial disorientation ♦ spatial distribution ♦ Spatial Dynamics ♦ spatial map ♦ spatial memory ♦ spatial operator ♦ spatial planning ♦ spatial property ♦ spatial reasoning ♦ spatial relation ♦ spatial resolution ♦ spatial Technologies. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "spatial": spatial-data-processing, spatial-file, spatial-stratigraphic. | |
Ending with "spatial": non-spatial, socio-spatial, visuo-spatial. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "spatial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i hapësirës, hapësinor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فضائي, مكاني (locative), حيزي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пространствен (solid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 空间 (space). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prostorový (space). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | territorial (areal, regional, territorial), regional (regional). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ruimtelijk (areal, regional, territorial), regionaal (regional). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فضاءی , فاصله ای . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | spatiaalinen skaala (spatial scale), spatiaalinen mitta-asteikko (spatial scale), Yhteisöaloite valtioiden välisestä aluesuunnitteluyhteistyöstä (Community initiative concerning transnational cooperation on spatial planning), Uutta luovat ja/tai esimerkkinä toimivat erityisten alueiden aluesuunnittelua koskevat koehankeet (Innovative and/or demonstrative pilot projects on spatial planning in specific areas, TERRA), tilapäättely (spatial reasoning), tila-ajattelu (spatial reasoning), painotusfunktio (mask, spatial operator, weighting function), maankäytön suunnittelu (land management, land use planning, resource planning and development, spatial planning, town and country planning), kasvillisuuden spatiaalinen rakenne (spatial vegetal structure), gradienttioperaattori (mask, spatial operator, weighting function), fyysinen suunnittelu (land use planning, planning, spatial planning), aivojen piirrekartta,johon tilainformaatio on koodattu (spatial map). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | spatial, territorial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | räumlich (spacial, three dimensional, through). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διαστημικόσ (spacial), διαστηματικόσ (spacial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מרחבי (spacial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | térbeli (solid), tér-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spaziale (space), territoriale (territorial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 称 (word used to indicate a distant spatial relationship), 空"軸 (spatial axis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くうか"じく (spatial axis), え"しょう (fence, gunpowder, hedge, inflammation, seductive smile, spread of fire, word used to indicate a distant spatial relationship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 공간 (Clear, space). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | spoaragh, reamyssagh (capacious, roomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atialspay espacial. (various references) spaţial (geographic, geographical, space). (various references) пространственный (dimensional, three-dimensional). (various references) prostorni (space). (various references) espacial (space). (various references) rumslig. (various references) uzaysal, uzaya ait. (various references) космічний (cosmic, mundane, space, spheral), просторовий (dimensional). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spatial": spatialities, spatiality, spatially. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "spatial": nonspatial. (additional references) | |
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"Spatial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aspatia, aspatial, espetial, sahiwal, Satpal, spanial, Spartali, spatia, spatialy, spatical, spatil, Spazio, spetial, spetiall, Spotila. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spatial" (pronounced spā"shul) |
| 4 | -ā" sh u l | biracial, facial, glacial, interracial, multiracial, nonracial, palatial, racial. |
| 3 | -sh u l | antisocial, artificial, beneficial, bushel, commercial, confidential, controversial, crucial, essential, experiential, financial, impartial, inertial, infomercial, initial, interprovincial, judicial, jurisprudential, Marshal, Marshall, martial, noncommercial, noncontroversial, nonfinancial, nonresidential, official, partial, Paschal, potential, prejudicial, prenuptial, provincial, quintessential, sacrificial, social, special, superficial, uncontroversial, unofficial. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: palais, pastil, plaits, spital. | |
-2 letters: alias, alist, ataps, atlas, lapis, litas, pails, paisa, pasta, pitas, plait, plats, salpa, slipt, spail, spait, spilt, splat, split, tails, talas, tapas, tapis. | |
-3 letters: aals, ails, aits, alas, alit, alps, alts, atap, laps, last, lati, lats, lipa, lips, lisp, list, lits, pail, pals, past, pats, pial, pias, pita. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: aplastic, capitals, partials, platinas, stapelia, tilapias. | |
+2 letters: apetalies, asphaltic, baptismal, basipetal, lapidates, palatines, palliates, parietals, pastorali, plantains, plasmatic, postaxial, primatals, psalteria, spatially, stapedial, stapelias, taillamps, talapoins. | |
+3 letters: altiplanos, analeptics, anaplastic, antipodals, applicants, asphalting, asphaltite, caliphates, capitalise, capitalism, capitalist, metaplasia, nonspatial, palliators, palmations, palmitates, palpations, palpitates, paralytics, partisanly, placations, plagiarist, planations, plastidial, practicals, spallation, spatiality, spermatial, supravital, tailplanes, tarpaulins. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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