| Noun | 1. | spatial relation - 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" relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together occlusion - (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed lean, list, leaning, tilt, inclination - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" gradient, slope - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" placement, arrangement - the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" point of view - the spatial property of the position from which something is observed coincidence - the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs" dead center, dead centre - the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque centrality - the property of being central marginality - the property of being marginal or on the fringes anteriority - the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head posteriority - the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end externality, outwardness - the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world" inwardness - the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs" malposition, misplacement - faulty position northernness - the property of being to the north southernness - the property of being to the south horizontality - the quality of being parallel to the horizon; "houses with a pronounced horizontality" slot - a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; "he developed a version of slot grammar" elbow room, room, way - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" direction - the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" angular position - relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established |