dimension
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dīmensio, dīmensiōnis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈmɛnʃən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈmɛnʃən/, /daɪˈmɛnʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnʃən
Noun[edit]
dimension (plural dimensions)
- A single aspect of a given thing. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
- 2012 January 1, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, page 23:
- We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.
- A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
- (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
- (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
- (physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
- The dimension of velocity is length divided by time.
- (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
- (science fiction, fantasy) A universe or plane of existence.
Synonyms[edit]
- (single aspect of a thing): aspect
- (measure of spatial extent): magnitude, proportion, size, scope
- (construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished): attribute, property
Derived terms[edit]
- 3-D
- 3-dimensional
- 4-dimensional
- correlation dimension
- dimensional
- dimensional analysis
- dimensional shingle
- dimensionless
- exterior dimension
- four-dimensional
- fourth dimension
- fractal dimension
- Hamel dimension
- Hausdorff dimension
- information dimension
- isoperimetric dimension
- Kaplan-Yorke dimension
- Krull dimension
- Lebesgue covering dimension
- Lyapunov dimension
- multidimensional
- one-dimensional
- pointwise dimension
- poset dimension
- q-dimension
- third dimension
- three-dimensional
- transdimensional
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
single aspect of a thing
measure of spatial extent
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construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
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in physics
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in computing
in science fiction
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Verb[edit]
dimension (third-person singular simple present dimensions, present participle dimensioning, simple past and past participle dimensioned)
- (transitive) To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.
Translations[edit]
to mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions
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Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Noun[edit]
dimension
- accusative singular of dimensio
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
dimension
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin dīmensio, dīmensiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dimension f (plural dimensions)
Further reading[edit]
- “dimension” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dīmensio. Attested from the 14th century.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Noun[edit]
dimension f (plural dimensions)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 201.
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