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placial

/ˈpleɪʃəl/

placial adjective: relating to places, or to conceptions of place.

Adjective

placial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to places, or to conceptions of place.
    • The Philosophy and Geography Conferences have been designed to promote interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary conversations on the basis of the spatial/placial component that pervades all landscapes.2003, Gary Backhaus, John Murungi, Tensional Landscapes: The Dynamics of Boundaries and Placements, page IX
    • In other words, there is a potential for places and placial beings to express the limitless space.2021, Timothy Tambassi, Marcello Tanca, The Philosophy of Geography, page 111

Origin of placial

Blend of place + spatial.

Words formed from placial

Words that rhyme with placial

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Questions about placial

What does placial mean?
Placial means relating to places, or to conceptions of place.
What part of speech is placial?
Placial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce placial?
Placial is pronounced /ˈpleɪʃəl/.

Words near placial in the dictionary

  1. placets
  2. placewoman
  3. placewomen
  4. Plachutta
  5. Plachuttas
  6. placial
  7. placialities
  8. placiality
  9. placially
  10. placid
  11. placider

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