SPATIAL PROPERTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spatial property mean? 

• SPATIAL PROPERTY (noun)
  The noun SPATIAL PROPERTY has 1 sense:

1. any property relating to or occupying space

  Familiarity information: SPATIAL PROPERTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPATIAL PROPERTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any property relating to or occupying space

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

spatial property; spatiality

Hypernyms ("spatial property" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spatial property"):

dimensionality (the spatial property of having dimensions)

directionality (the property of being directional or maintaining a direction)

configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline))

balance; correspondence; symmetricalness; symmetry ((mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane)

asymmetry; dissymmetry; imbalance ((mathematics) a lack of symmetry)

obliqueness (the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle)

 Context examples 

The spatial property of the way in which an electrocardiogram lead is placed on the body.

(Lead Placement, NCI Thesaurus)

The spatial property of the way in which something is placed.

(Arrangement, NCI Thesaurus)

The spatial property of a body; where it is or the way in which it is situated.

(Body Position, NCI Thesaurus)