How to Use spatial in a Sentence

spatial

adjective
Definition of spatialnext
  • At the same time, the team also determined the spatial position of the cells in the brain.
    — Karin Schlott, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The rookie plays with good spatial instinct and operates at his own pace with the ball.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 16 July 2024
  • Other key changes: the front-facing camera will now be on the landscape edge and the iPads will have spatial audio.
    — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
  • Apple has billed them as the world's first spatial computers.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The problem is that spatial volume is defined at one moment in time.
    — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • This area of the brain is responsible for spatial memory and stores mental maps of the rat’s world.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The new display shines red, green, and blue laser diodes at a spatial light modulator.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2024
  • Coulombe started to tell me that spatial computing and XR are the same — but changed his mind midsentence.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But no; iPhone 15 Pro users will this year (but not at launch) be able to capture spatial video, before the Vision Pro’s release.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But then how did the RNAs invent all of metabolism, cells, spatial structure and so on?
    — Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The spatial area of +4 sigma 850-hPa std anomalies (map via @AliciaMBentley) is also striking.
    — Jacob Feuerstein, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Switch delivered a full sound, too, even without spatial audio.
    — PCMAG, 24 June 2024
  • If that trend holds, the next challenge will be convincing the W.H.O. to endorse the use of spatial repellents, then the Kenyan government to buy them.
    — Stephanie Nolen Malin Fezehai, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • But the satellites’ coarse spatial resolution meant rivers and small eddies were out of reach.
    — Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The Sonos Era 300 speaker aims to bring the best of spatial music with a new unorthodox and functional design.
    — Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The third-gen Show 8’s sound gets an upgrade with spatial audio, and a feature that can sense the acoustics of the room and adapt its sound to better suit its surroundings.
    — WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
  • That’s a strong indication that spatial audio could be on the way as part of Supremium’s set of bonus features.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 30 May 2024
  • In just one 30-minute demo, the spatial computer made quite an impression on me.
    — Essence, 2 Mar. 2024
  • To play, challenge cards will start a 2D pattern or a 3D shape, and kids have to figure out how to fit in the rest of their pieces using their logic and spatial reasoning.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2023
  • Puzzles are a great way for toddlers to learn spatial skills and grasp the connection between physical shapes and forms.
    — Christine Luff, Parents, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The fact that only one free spatial dimension remained did not bother him.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The personalized spatial audio is like surround sound, putting you right in the middle of your favorite tunes and podcasts.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Users of the system usually interface with the spatial computer with their eyes, voice and hands to select items and control the show.
    — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 31 July 2024
  • The headphones have a long battery life, sweat and water protection, and spatial audio.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 17 July 2024
  • Up to five people can participate in a spatial Persona session at a time.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The battery life lasts up to 20 hours, plus features like transparency mode and spatial audio pair the headphones well with Apple Music heads.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2023
  • These many parts build a track that’s spatial, joyful and often delightfully strange.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2024
  • So in the coming months, hopefully Teams’ spatial audio will start working wirelessly with some of the above earbuds.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The AirPods Max come with spatial audio and two listening modes, including noise canceling, just like the Pro.
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022
  • In particular, Poles is eager to watch Williams strain opposing defenses with his pocket poise and spatial awareness.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024

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