Placeful
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quantity that a place contains.
"it was one of the porches about the theatre, in the which there was a certain placeful of seats for men to sit in."
- 1 Forming a well-defined place; acting as an identifiable location. not-comparable
"This type of system is characteristic of the placeful extreme on the spatiality scale. This is because there is a place - the conference - in which the participants agree they are, in some sense, present."
- 2 Focused on a location and its properties. not-comparable
"The Society sponsored Haus and Garten tours, Oktoberfest activities, "oompah" band parades, and a variety of "placeful" activities."
- 3 Characteristic of a specific locality; not-comparable
"The structure is shaped to mingle in unison with the placeful environment of a theological seminary."
Example
More examples"This type of system is characteristic of the placeful extreme on the spatiality scale. This is because there is a place - the conference - in which the participants agree they are, in some sense, present."
Etymology
From place + -ful.
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