spatialize

transitive verb

spa·​tial·​ize

-ed/-ing/-s

: to give spatial form to : think of as spatial or in space relations : localize in space

man … invented writing to spatialize, i.e. preserve, language

—Susanne K. Langer

our inveterate cognitive disposition to spatialize everything

—H. A. Murray

Word History

Etymology

spatial + -ize

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