spatially

[ spey-shuh-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way that relates to space or to the location or extent of objects in three-dimensional space:

   Space and time are two ways in which things are spread out in relationship to each other: spatially things are here and there, and temporally things are before and after.

Other Words From

• non·spa·tial·ly adverb
• qua·si-spa·tial·ly adverb
• un·spa·tial·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of spatially¹

spatial ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

In this way, they obtained spatially and temporally finely resolved locations where vultures fed.

From Science Daily

The lively canvas, hardly an illustration of an event, employs light-reflective silver and golden-brown metallic paints applied in vast fields of paisley-like commas that dematerialize into a spatially ambiguous surface shimmer.

From Los Angeles Times

"Do they compete, is one dominant over the other, how might they partition resources, and do they mix or spatially segregate within the winter range? Lots of interesting questions to pursue!"

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The first metasurface generates what's known as polarized structured light, in which the polarization is designed to vary spatially in a unique pattern.

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The researchers will be working to extend the model to make it spatially complete and eventually make it into a real-world forecasting model.

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