räumlichem

Räumlichem is the dative singular masculine/neuter form of the German adjective räumlich, meaning spatial or relating to space. The term is commonly used in disciplines such as geography, urban planning, architecture, and physics to describe space-related properties, locations, or spatial relationships. As a declined form, räumlichem appears when the adjective accompanies a masculine or neuter noun in the dative case, for example dem räumlichen Abstand. It can also occur in phrases without a definite article, where strong or mixed declension applies, as in mit räumlichem Bezug.

Etymology and usage: räumlich derives from Raum (space) plus the suffix -lich, producing the core meaning “pertaining to space.” The form räumlichem reflects standard German adjective declension. Across contexts, it collocates with terms like Abstand, Verteilung, Kontext, Bezug, and Muster to specify spatial characteristics, distributions, or relations. The word is widely employed in technical writing, cartography, GIS, and spatial analysis to distinguish spatial from temporal or other dimensions.

Examples:

- In der Studie wird der räumliche Bezug zwischen den Sensoren untersucht.

- Die räumliche Verteilung der Datenpunkte lässt sich durch den räumlichen Abstand charakterisieren.

- Im räumlichen Kontext bedeutet dies, dass Koordinatenbasis und Messgrößen geographisch gebunden sind.

See also: räumlich (the base form in masculine/neuter nominative and feminine/plural forms), räumliche, räumliches.