spatial_relation (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *spatial relation*:
NOUN	attribute	spatial relation, position	the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

English > *spatial relation*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated.
Example	"he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
Synonym	position
Attributes	anterior	Of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
	exterior	situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building
	external	happening / happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
	inner	Located or occurring within or closer to a center
	interior	situated within or suitable for inside a building
	internal	happening / happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
	outer	On the outside or further from a center
	posterior	Located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure
Narrower	angular position	relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established
	anteriority	The quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head
	centrality	The property of being central
	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
	direction	The spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
	gradient, slope	The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
	horizontality	The quality of being parallel to the horizon
	inwardness	The quality or state of being inward or internal
	malposition, misplacement	Faulty position
	marginality	The property of being marginal or on the fringes / fringes
	northernness	The property of being to the north
	occlusion	(dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed
	outwardness, externality	The quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
	placement, arrangement	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
	posteriority	The quality of being toward the back / back or toward the rear end
	room, way, elbow room	Space for movement
	slot	A position in a grammatical linguistic / linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
	southernness	The property of being to the south
	tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning	The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
	verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness	Position at right angles to the horizon
Broader	relation	An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Spanish	colocación, emplazamiento, localización, lugar, posición, radicación, relación espacial, sitio, situación, ubicación
Catalan	col·locació, emplaçament, localització, posició, radicació, relació espaial, situació, ubicació

HyperDic: spatial_relation