| 单词 | spatial |
| 释义 | spatial (once / 10775 pages) adj Spatial describes how objects fit together in space, either among the planets or down here on earth. There's a spatial relationship between Mars and Venus, as well as between the rose bushes in the backyard. Spatial has to do with the distance between things, so mathematicians and computer scientists love using the word. "They measured the spatial relations of ping-pong balls in the gravity-free room." It can also refer to how people perceive the objects in front of them. If you're not wearing your glasses, your spatial perception might be off. If you're a space cadet, you might wander off into space. Not surprisingly, spatial is from the Latin word spatium for "space." WORD FAMILYspatial: nonspatial, spatiality+/space: spaced, spaces, spacial, spacing, spacious, spacy, spatial, subspace/spaced: unspaced/spacial: spatially/spacing: spacings/spacious: spaciously, spaciousness USAGE EXAMPLESThey targeted the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus, two brain regions important for memory and spatial navigation. Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016) In any kind of travel, people mentally adjust their spatial limits to their surroundings, be it a crowded subway car or an airplane. Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016) The technology lets researchers take spatial and geographic data — whether it's the distance between cusps or between peaks — and then quantify and analyze it. Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) adj 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 Syn|Ant spacial nonspatial not spatial |
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