spatial relation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspatialandrelation
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spatial
adjective
uk/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/us/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/
relating to the position, area, and size ...
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relation
noun
uk/rɪˈleɪ.ʃən/us/rɪˈleɪ.ʃən/
the way in which two people or groups of people feel and behave towards ...
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(Definition ofspatialandrelationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofspatial relation
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Table 5 presents errors made on spatial postpositions according to the type ofspatialrelation.
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For our ordinary five senses require a physical andspatialrelationbetween perceiver and perceived. 12.
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It would not be the experience of a being that stands inspatialrelationto us.
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An answer could be a path type error and aspatialrelationerror at the same time.
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These elements are presented in a particular format and in particularspatialrelationto each other (layout).
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The five ordinary senses involve aspatialrelationbetween the perceiver and the perceived, but a sixth sense might not.
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The nine suffixes were chosen to encode information along the two dimensions already discussed :spatialrelationand path type.
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The rectangles andspatialrelationare used to define the initial, or starting, shape and the rule of the grammar.
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Each kind ofspatialrelationcan be encoded in three forms according to the dynamic aspect of coding the location and the path.
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In these constructions, handshape morphemes specify object type, and the position of the hands in signing space schematically represents thespatialrelationbetween two objects.
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Each point of that surface is not experienced in isolation but in its properspatialrelationto every other point in the perceived surface.
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Detailed maps of alteration minerals detected during the hyperspectral survey and theirspatialrelation to known stromatolite and putative microfossil horizons have also been prepared.
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As in the description of electronic excitations, the level of detail of the theory has to be adjusted to the size andspatialrelationof the molecules involved.
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They interlap, interweave, in a purelyspatialrelation.
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Whereas gift-exchange involves, at least superficially, the transfer of an object, condescension is entirely concerned with attitudes and relations; consequently, thespatialrelationbetween the agents is foregrounded.
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Other economically important manganese ores usually show a closespatialrelationto the iron ores.
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Thus, the degree of applicability is defined which specifies from 0 till 100% how strongly aspatialrelationholds.
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Through showmanships and cuts there are shown structural alterations andspatialrelationwhich is not possible with a classic photograph-show.
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His painting has since been characterized by a gesturally expressive application of colour on panels of layered plywood and metal placed in specificspatialrelation.
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In small laboratory animals, these are usually bone landmarks which are known to bear a constantspatialrelationto soft tissue.
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