nonspatial

adjective

non·​spa·​tial ˌnän-ˈspā-shəl 

: not spatial: such as

a

: not relating to, occupying, or having the character of space

nonspatial data

b

: not relating to or involved in the perception of relationships (as of objects) in space

Hippocampal lesions … impair performance on a variety of spatial and nonspatial memory tasks.

—Larry R. Squire and Stuart Zola-Morgan

nonspatially adverb

Examples of nonspatial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The authors of the new study were curious whether this phenomenon only applies to previous encounters with a particular location or if perhaps this hippocampal replay also applies to memory more generally, including mental and nonspatial memories. —Bret Stetka, Scientific American, 27 June 2019

Sure, the brain might use a common system to encode spatial and nonspatial knowledge, if the latter can be represented as varying continuously on a two-dimensional scale. —Quanta Magazine, 14 Jan. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above