spatial

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Canada, US, UK/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/Australia, New Zealand/ˈspæɪ.ʃəl/

adjective

Pertaining to (the dimension of) space.

Opposite
CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

adjectivespatial (not comparable)

alternative spacial

  1. not comparablePertaining to (the dimension of) space.

    In the one case these are spatial, in the other chromatic, in the third moral; and would be what the Germans call intensiv in a fourth case, if I were to say, "Camphor smells milder than ammonia."

    1879, William James, “The Spatial Quale”, in The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, volume 5
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    The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.

    2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist
  2. not comparableuncommonPertaining to (outer) space.

    According to Peter Dickens, the cosmos has become capitalism's new “outside,” and these “outer space imperialisms” are now seeking “outer spatial fixes”—investments in outer space—to solve the crises of capitalism (Dickens 2009, 68).

    2017, Greta Gaard, Critical Ecofeminism, →ISBN, page 106
    2 more examples

    It was a land that could no longer be seriously described as underdeveloped, a land that has been able to achieve remarkably high rates of growth in its industrial production and gross national product since 1928, and a land that would shortly send into outer space the first man-made, and eventually also the first manned, spatial vehicle.

    1964, Food Research Institute Studies, volume 4, number 2, page 123

    By following the roadmap suggested by Godunov himself, the next step in order to reduce truncation errors in a context of large gradients should be to set up moving mesh methods; a suggestion from the man who created the scheme by means of which were achieved computations of the Apollo spatial vehicle during its reentry into Earth's atmosphere [20], is most probably worth being worked out!

    2013, Laurent Gosse, Computing Qualitatively Correct Approximations of Balance Laws, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar

adjectivepertaining to or involving or having the nature of space

Similar
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinspatium
  2. Englishspatial

From Latin spatium + -al.

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Translations

Arabic فَضَائِيّ
  • فَضَائِيّ (faḍāʔiyy)pertaining to space
Bulgarian простра́нствен
  • простра́нствен (prostránstven)pertaining to space
Catalan espacial
  • espacialpertaining to space
Chinese Mandarin 空間的 /空间的
  • 空間的 /空间的 (kōngjiān de)pertaining to space
Czech prostorový
  • prostorovýpertaining to space
Danish rumlig, rum-
  • rumligpertaining to space
  • rum-pertaining to space
Dutch ruimtelijk, ruim-
  • ruimtelijkpertaining to space
  • ruim-pertaining to space
Esperanto spaca
  • spacapertaining to space
Finnish avaruudellinen, spatiaalinen
  • avaruudellinenpertaining to space
  • spatiaalinenpertaining to space
French spatial
  • spatialpertaining to space
German räumlich, Raum-
  • räumlichpertaining to space
  • Raum-pertaining to space
Greek διαστημικός, χωρικός
  • διαστημικός (diastimikós)pertaining to space
  • χωρικός (chorikós)pertaining to space
Hebrew מֶרחָבִי
  • מֶרחָבִיpertaining to space
Hindi अंतरिक्ष, अंतरिक्षीय
  • अंतरिक्ष (antrikṣ)pertaining to space
  • अंतरिक्षीय (antrikṣīya)pertaining to space
Hungarian térbeli
  • térbelipertaining to space
Indonesian spasial
  • spasialpertaining to space
Irish spásúil, spás-
  • spásúilpertaining to space
  • spás-pertaining to space
  • spásúlachtapertaining to space
Italian spaziale
  • spazialepertaining to space
Japanese 空間的, 空間の
  • 空間的 (kūkanteki)pertaining to space
  • 空間の (kūkan no)pertaining to space
Korean 공간적, 공간의
  • 공간적 (gongganjeok)pertaining to space
  • 공간의 (gonggan-ui)pertaining to space
Latin spatialis
  • spatialispertaining to space
Norwegian Bokmål romlig, rom-
  • romligpertaining to space
  • rom-pertaining to space
Persian فضایی
  • فضایی (fazâyi)pertaining to space
Polish przestrzenny
  • przestrzennypertaining to space
Portuguese espacial
  • espacialpertaining to space
Romanian spațial
  • spațialpertaining to space
Russian простра́нственный
  • простра́нственный (prostránstvennyj)pertaining to space
Slovak priestorový
  • priestorovýpertaining to space
Spanish espacial
  • espacialpertaining to space
Swedish rumslig, rymd-
  • rumsligpertaining to space
  • rymd-pertaining to space
Turkish boyutsal, mekâna ait
  • boyutsalpertaining to space
  • mekâna aitpertaining to space
  • mekânsalpertaining to space
  • uzamsalpertaining to space
  • uzaya aitpertaining to space
  • uzaysalpertaining to space
Ukrainian просторо́вий
  • просторо́вий (prostoróvyj)pertaining to space
Vietnamese không gian
  • không gianpertaining to space
Welsh gofodol
  • gofodolpertaining to space

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Cite this entry
APA

spatial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spatial

MLA

“spatial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spatial. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spatial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spatial.

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