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nonspatial

nonspatial

8.8
Not relating to space, for example to time, ideas, or feelings
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈspeɪʃəl/
translation icon : no espacial
  • The study focused on nonspatial data analysis, emphasizing relationships between variables rather than their physical locations.

Examples

  • Box 2 illustrates an example of the output from a nonspatial agent-based model based on the ecological stoichiometry of three species of mycorrhizal fungi and a host plant.

    Academic text (2006)
  • A more promising approach is to start with the recognition that spatial location is significant but of secondary importance to the nonspatial characteristics of potential or actual resource users.

    Academic text (1996)
  • "Nonspatial stories are always grounded in spatial and bodily stories," he asserts (51).

    Academic text (2000)
  • There we can proceed through, or in terms of pure concepts, that is, nonspatial, nontemporal ideas, which have been the object of pure knowledge since Plato.

    Academic text (1995)
  • For Burundians in the diaspora, Burundinet has served as a crucial medium for the negotiation of a reformulated, nonspatial national identity.

    Academic text (1998)
  • In mathematics, nonspatial concepts can be challenging to visualize but are essential for understanding higher-level theories.

  • Many online communities develop nonspatial connections that foster friendships and collaborations across the globe.

Antonyms

76 5.5

About the position and arrangement of things in space

How Spatial

spatial
76 5.5
two-dimensional
  • Specialized
7 3.5
nonspatial
8.8

Surface Forms

nonspatial positive

Morphology

nonspatial = spatial (transparent) = non + spatial

Standard negation using the productive prefix 'non-' applied to the adjective 'spatial', yielding the clear meaning 'not spatial'.

Etymology

The word nonspatial starts with non- meaning 'not' and uses spatial, from space meaning 'area' or 'place'. So, nonspatial describes something that is 'not about space', like time or music, which do not have physical size or place.