Definition of SPATIAL

Other Words from spatial

spatiality \ ˌspā-shē-ˈa-lə-tē

\ or less commonly spaciality noun

spatially \ ˈspā-sh(ə-)lē

\ or less commonly spacially adverb

Examples of spatial in a Sentence

When patients have this kind of problem, they can't feel the relationship between their body and their feet, so they must rely on visual cues to keep themselves upright. Without these cues, they lose their spatial orientation and fall. — John Pettinato, Discover, October 2004 Williams syndrome, which was first described in 1961, results when a group of genes on one copy of chromosome 7 is deleted during embryonic development. Most people with Williams resemble each other more than they do their families, with wide-set hazel eyes, upturned noses, and wide mouths. They also share a peculiar set of mental impairments. Most stumble over the simplest spatial tasks, such as putting together a puzzle, and many not read or write beyond the level of a first grader. — U.S. News & World Report, 15 June 1998 Several new ground-based and orbiting astronomical facilities that could provide high spatial and spectral resolution appear technologically ready for development during the next several decades. — Robert D. Gehrz et al., Science, 25 May 1984 the spatial dimensions of a room

Recent Examples on the Web

Signs of this often include problems finding the right words, issues accurately processing visual or spatial information, and impaired reasoning or judgment, the NIA says. — Korin Miller, SELF, "Are There Early Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease to Watch For?," 28 Nov. 2018 The game is puzzle-y, spatial, and tactical, filled with set-collecting goodness, pretty bits, and the kind of gameplay that welcomes everyone to the table. — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, "Review: Azul, board game of the year?," 28 July 2018 Visual and spatial problems may be due to the disease building up in the occipital lobe, which is important for vision processing, Dr. Grant says. — Korin Miller, SELF, "Are There Early Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease to Watch For?," 28 Nov. 2018 More from Mansion In that paper, the researchers used a spatial regression to look at 1,025 single-family homes in 19 suburban Florida neighborhoods located along existing highways. — Adam Bonislawski, WSJ, "To Boost Your Home’s Value, Live Near a Highway," 27 Nov. 2018 And just to get the juices really flowing: the spatial distribution of the gamma ray glow was pretty close to the expected dark matter distribution. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Gamma ray evidence for dark matter outshone by a flock of pulsars," 10 Aug. 2018 But a key difference is that these are entirely in 3D and are deployed with a much smarter sense of spatial and object recognition, thanks to Google’s advances in artificial intelligence. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Google has a big advantage over Facebook in a crisis," 10 Oct. 2018 This involves placing electrode arrays directly on the brain’s surface, minimizing distortions and vastly improving spatial resolution. — Simon Makin, Scientific American, "“Traveling” Brain Waves May Be Critical for Cognition," 28 June 2018 Puzzle-like tasks assessed their spatial, verbal and short-term memories, as well as their capacity for deductive reasoning, sustained attention, planning and clear expression. — Susan Pinker, WSJ, "When It Comes to Sleep, One Size Fits All," 25 Oct. 2018

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