How to Use spatial in a Sentence

spatial

adjective
  • At the same time, the team also determined the spatial position of the cells in the brain.
    Karin Schlott, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Still, the sense of spatial recession keeps meeting obstacles, jamming our eyes back up against the picture’s surface.
    Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • Talk about picture placement in a book When reading a storybook, use spatial language to discuss the placement of pictures.
    Parents Editors, Parents, 23 Aug. 2023
  • With noise cancellation, spatial audio, and a 36-hour battery life, Beats Studio Buds + headphones do far more than just match your mani.
    Sarah Maberry, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The iPhone 15 Pro can capture high-resolution spatial video using two cameras at once.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Because of this process, the sound design and auditory experience has a vivid, spatial quality that’s rare with a film of this scale.
    Michael Minahan, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
  • But as this spatial heterogeneity is being lost and as everything is becoming more uniform, there are more and more forests with a lot of biomass.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The right pair of headphones can induce flow state with active noise canceling, immerse you in a game with spatial audio, and keep you connected on work calls with crystal clear mics.
    Zoë Hannah, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The six-driver speaker is far more immersive than the Era 100, especially when playing a spatial audio track or used as a pair of rear channels for a soundbar.
    Brandon Widder, The Verge, 7 Mar. 2024

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