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to spatialize

to spatialize

8.3
To make something seem to be in a certain place in space
  • verb
  • /ˈspeɪʃəlaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : espacializar
  • These hierarchies of race, class, and nation were neatly displayed in row upon row of vitrines and impressively spatialized in the layout of the Piedmont Park fairgrounds.

And this is basically a first example of, of spatializing audio, right.

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Examples

  • Many geographers are working to spatialize Judith Butler's notion of performativity through explorations of the ways in which metaphoric and material space are embodied in individual bodies in specific places.

    Academic text (2005)

  • In the case of wayfinding, the most common methods for information display include synthesized speech, simple audio (for example, spatialized sound, generated so as it appears to come from the direction of the landmark).

    Academic text (2012)

  • And this is basically a first example of, of spatializing audio, right.

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  • Time, in other words, is spatialized.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Spatialized words become more graphic.

    Academic text (1999)

  • In "Utopia of a Tired Man," Eudoro Acevedo travels thousands of years into the future to find a world whose inhabitants have spatialized (or have tried to spatialize) time.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Disrupting the chronological sequence of events will paradoxically stabilize and "spatialize" the chronicler's memory by turning it into the model of history as a repetitive, cyclical phenomenon.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The architect used software to spatialize the layout of the new building for better visualization.

  • Artists often spatialize their work by arranging elements carefully to create a sense of depth.

  • When teaching geometry, it's helpful to spatialize concepts so students can see the relationships between shapes.

How Spatial

to spatialize
  • US
8.3
embedding
5.3
to arrange
162 1.7
to position
159 2.5
place
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

spatialize infinitive
spatialized past
spatialized past participle
spatializing present participle
spatializes third person singular

Morphology

spatialize = spatial (transparent) = spatial + ize

The verb is a regular derivation by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to the adjective 'spatial', so the meaning 'make X spatial' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word spatialize comes from the Latin word spatium, meaning 'space', and it shares that idea with the common English word space. To spatialize something is to give it 'space' or make it feel placed in a real position, which is why the word means making things seem arranged in space or around you.