spatial relation

1. 1.

   the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

   “the position of the hands on the clock”

   “he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage”

   Synonymsposition

   Broaderrelation

   Narrowerocclusiontiltgradientplacementpoint of viewcoincidencedead centercentralitymarginalityanteriority

Questions about spatial relation

What does spatial relation mean?

spatial relation means "the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated".

What is another word for spatial relation?

Close synonyms include position. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spatial relation a common word?

spatial relation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.