Dictionary entry details
• SPATIAL RELATION (noun)
Meaning:
The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
spatial relation; position
Context examples:
the position of the hands on the clock / he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage
Hypernyms ("spatial relation" is a kind of...):
relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
Attribute:
anterior (of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body)
posterior (at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates)
external (happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface)
internal (happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface)
outer (being on the outside or further from a center)
inner (located or occurring within or closer to a center)
exterior (situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building)
interior (situated within or suitable for inside a building)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spatial relation"):
occlusion ((dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed)
inwardness (the quality or state of being inward or internal)
malposition; misplacement (faulty position)
northernness (the property of being to the north)
southernness (the property of being to the south)
horizontality (the quality of being parallel to the horizon)
erectness; uprightness; verticality; verticalness (position at right angles to the horizon)
slot (a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable)
elbow room; room; way (space for movement)
direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)
externality; outwardness (the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior)
posteriority (the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end)
inclination; lean; leaning; list; tilt (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical)
gradient; slope (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal)
arrangement; placement (the spatial property of the way in which something is placed)
point of view (the spatial property of the position from which something is observed)
coincidence (the quality of occupying the same position or area in space)
dead center; dead centre (the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque)
centrality (the property of being central)
marginality (the property of being marginal or on the fringes)
anteriority (the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head)
angular position (relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established)
