dimensional

English

Etymology

dimension +‎ -al

Adjective

dimensional (comparative more dimensional, superlative most dimensional)

1. Of or pertaining to dimensions.
2. (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
   1. (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".
      • 1996, Richard Courant; Herbert Robbins, Ian Stewart, What is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods, page 227:

        What is the meaning of an n-dimensional space when n is greater than three, and what purposes can it serve?

Usage notes

• Often used as a combining form.

Derived terms

terms derived from dimensional (adjective)

dimensional analysis dimensional lumber dimensional shingle multidimensional transdimensional

four-dimensional, 4-dimensional infinite-dimensional n-dimensional one-dimensional, 1-dimensional three-dimensional, 3-dimensional two-dimensional, 2-dimensional zero-dimensional, 0-dimensional

Translations

having a stated number of dimensions

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維的 (cmn), 维的 (cmn) (-wéi de)

• Finnish: -ulotteinen (fi)
• French: dimensionnel (fr), de dimension (fr)
• German: -dimensional (de)
• Icelandic: -vídd f; -víður; -víddar-
• Italian: -dimensionale (it)

• Japanese: -次元の (ja) (じげんの, -jigen no)
• Polish: -wymiarowy (pl)
• Romanian: -dimensional (ro) m and n
• Russian: -мерный (ru) (-mérnyj) 
• Swedish: -dimensionell (sv)