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spatial

spatial

adjective spah-SYAHL Less Common

Also means

space-related

Usage Note

Spatial has an irregular masculine plural spatiaux, following the -al/-aux pattern. It covers both outer-space contexts (station spatiale = space station) and spatial/geometric contexts in mathematics and psychology, so context is needed to distinguish the two.

Examples

"La station spatiale orbite autour de la Terre."

Natural Translation

The space station orbits the Earth.

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