spatial configuration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspatialandconfiguration
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spatial
adjective
uk/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/us/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/
relating to the position, area, and size ...
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configuration
noun
uk/kənˌfɪɡ.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/kənˌfɪɡ.jəˈreɪ.ʃən/
formal
the particular arrangement or pattern of a group of ...
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(Definition ofspatialandconfigurationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To understand thespatialconfigurationof a town we have not seen before requires a particular effort.
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Here, however, thespatialconfigurationof the plots became more important in explaining species patterns.
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Another potential source of error may relate to thespatialconfigurationof the gratings.
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For drifting gratings of optimalspatialconfiguration, lower contrasts produced less surround suppression resulting in increases in preferred size.
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The second investigates itsspatialconfigurationin relation to movement.
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What is the passageway's contribution to the theatre'sspatialconfiguration, and consequently to its overall effect?
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This study shows that the interaction between fire and herbivory does not only determine the tree-grass balance, but also thespatialconfigurationof the trees.
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Different results might be expected according to the degree to which thespatialconfigurationsuggests a threedimensional scene with a directional illuminant.
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We found that the polarity of the photoresponses depended not only upon the wavelength and intensity of the stimulus, but also upon itsspatialconfiguration.
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Performance on this task is best when the globalspatialconfigurationof the display is preserved from the encoding to retrieval stages.
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In the well-drained uplands, thespatialconfigurationof the plots is more important than soils in explaining species patterns.
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The angles between, and the intersections of, the stalks and leaves offer cues to their shape andspatialconfiguration.
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This newspatialconfigurationof imperial legitimacy was created partly through a new temporalilty.
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Thespatialconfigurationof the populations was reported through the characteristics of the seed flow matrix, distant populations exchanging fewer seeds than proximal populations.
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Thus, a ganglion cell receiving input from only one such cell might be unable to distinguish thespatialconfigurationfrom the contrast polarity.
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Fig. 1 shows thespatialconfigurationof the stimuli.
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High contrast gratings of sub-optimalspatialconfigurationproduced more surround suppression than optimal low-contrast gratings, and as much or more surround suppression than optimal high-contrast gratings.
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Thespatialconfigurationused in the experiment.
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Levin (1993: 112) regards these verbs as members of the class of 'verbs of putting in aspatialconfiguration'.
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