Planar vs Spatial - What's the difference?
planar | spatial |
As adjectives the difference between planar and spatial is that planar is of or pertaining to a plane while spatial is of or pertaining to space.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
planar English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Of or pertaining to a plane.
- A planar projection of a three-dimensional object is its projection onto a plane.
Flat, two-dimensional.
(graph theory, of a graph) Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting.
- A complete graph with more than four nodes is never planar .
(transistor chip, semiconductor devices) Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.
Derived terms
* antiplanar
* nonplanar
* synplanar
Related terms
* plane
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spatial English
Alternative forms
* spacial
Adjective
(-)
Of or pertaining to space.
*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders , magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture
, passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
See also
* geospatial
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