Contextual

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or determined by or in context wordnet

Synonyms

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surrounding

Example

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"Each time a fossil is found, paleontologists make careful notes about its geographic position, which rock layer it came out of, what materials were used to dig it up, and lots of other contextual information like noting the weather, who was in the field crew, and what time the discovery was made."

Etymology

From context + -ual.

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