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spatialHaving to do with space. Contrast with "temporal," which deals with time. spatial [′spā·shəl] (physics) Of or pertaining to space; occupying space; occurring in, or conditioned by, space; considered with relation to space. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Indeed, it seems that in defining contraries of every kind men have recourse to a spatial metaphor, for they say that those things are contraries which, within the same class, are separated by the greatest possible distance. There is, therefore, an important sense in which we may say that, if we analyse as much as we ought, our data, outside psychology, consist of sensations, which include within themselves certain spatial and temporal relations. |
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