Core concepts of spatial thinking

These are the 185 distinct terms gathered from 20 sources to date. Many are listed by more than one source. Clicking a term will display an expanded list of all citations for that term.
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absolute space
access
adjacency
adjacency and connectivity
affinity
alignment
alternating repetition
analog
angle
area
area and volume
areal association
arrangement
association
attraction
attribute
aura
balance
blockage
boundary
branching
buffer
category
center
center-periphery
chaos
chirality
circuit
classification
cognitive map
coil
colour
comparison
competition for space
complement
compulsion
condition
conduit
congruence
connection
connectivity
container
containment
continuity
contrast
coordinate
coordinate system
correlation
counterforce
cycle
deep interlock and ambiguity
deformation
density
density estimation
diffusion
dimensional transformation
direction
discrete entities
dispersion
distance
distance and length
distance decay
distribution
duration
echoes
element
enablement
enclosure
energetics
event and process
exceptions
external representation
field
field view
fields in space and time
flow
folding
force
frames of reference
frequency
good shape
gradient
grain
grid
group
hierarchy
identity
interaction
interpolation
landmark
length
levels of scale
line
linearizing space
link
local symmetries
location
magnitude
map
map overlay
map perspective
map projection
mental model
modifiable areal unit
motion
multiple properties of place
navigation
neighborhood
neighborhood and region
network
not-separateness
object
object classification
object description
object location recall
object view
objects and fields
order
ordering
orientation
overlay
packing
part
part-whole
path
pattern
perspective
place
place and landscape
point
polarity
polygon
position
positive space
potential
profile
proximity
proximity and distance decay
reference frame
reflection
region
representation
restraint removal
roughness
route
route perspective
scale
section
separation
sequence
setting
shadow
shape
sign
similarity
simplicity and inner calm
size
space
space and time
space as time
space-time
spatial context
spatial dependence
spatial heterogeneity
spatial integration
spatial interaction
spatial interpolation
spatial model
spatial probability
spatial sampling
stratum
strong centers
structure
structuring
subjective space
surface
survey perspective
symmetry
the void
time
time cost
transition
uncertainty
units
virtual reality
wave
web