spatiotemporal

English

Alternative forms

• spatio-temporal

Etymology

From spatio- +‎ temporal.

Pronunciation

• IPA
  • (General Australian) /ˈspæɪ.ʃiː.əʉˌtem.pə.rəl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) /ˈspeɪ.ʃiː.əuˌtem.pə.rəl/
  • (General American) /ˈspeɪ.ʃiː.oʊˌtɛm.pə.rəl/
• enPR: 'spā-shē-ō'tĕm-pə-rəl
• Rhymes: -ɛmpəɹəl

Adjective

spatiotemporal (comparative more spatiotemporal, superlative most spatiotemporal)

1. Of, concerning, or existing in both space and time.
   • 1956, Sidney Hook, editor, American Philosophers At Work: The Philosophic Scene in the United States:

     Physical existence, thus, is essentially spatiotemporal ubiety; and that which has or lacks ubiety, that is, is or is not present at some place in space at some time, is always some what or kind—which may be a kind of substance, or of property, or of relation, or of activity, or of change, or of state, and so on.

2. Of or concerning spacetime.

Synonyms

• geotemporal
• temporospatial
• chronospatial

Derived terms

• spatiotemporal continuity
• spatiotemporal database
• spatiotemporal gene expression

Translations

of or concerning space and time

• French: spatiotemporel (fr)

of or concerning spacetime

• Czech: časoprostorový (cs) m
• French: spatiotemporel (fr)
• Polish: czasoprzestrzenny (pl)
• Portuguese: espaciotemporal, espaçotemporal

Anagrams

• temporospatial