dimensional

English

Etymology

From dimension +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɛnʃənəl/, /daɪ-/, /-ʃnəl/
• Hyphenation: di‧men‧sion‧al, di‧men‧sional

Adjective

dimensional (comparative more dimensional, superlative most dimensional)

1. Of or pertaining to dimensions.
2. (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
   • 1926, Hart Crane, "For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen"

     There is the world dimensional for those untwisted by the love of things irreconcilable

   1. (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".
      • 1996, Richard Courant with 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.

Hyponyms

• four-dimensional (4-dimensional)
• higher-dimensional
• infinite-dimensional
• multidimensional
• n-dimensional
• one-dimensional (1-dimensional)
• three-dimensional (3-dimensional)
• transdimensional
• two-dimensional (2-dimensional)
• zero-dimensional (0-dimensional)

 

Related terms

• dimensional analysis
• dimensional lumber
• dimensional shingle
• extradimensional
• interdimensional

 

Translations

having a stated number of dimensions

• Catalan: dimensional
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維的／维的 (zh), 维的 (zh) (-wéi de)

• Finnish: -ulotteinen
• French: dimensionnel (fr), de dimension (fr)
• Galician: dimensional
• German: -dimensional (de)
• Icelandic: -vídd f, -víður, -víddar-
• Italian: -dimensionale (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: -次元の (じげんの, -jigen no)
• Mongolian: хэмжээст (xemžeest)
• Polish: -wymiarowy
• Portuguese: dimensional (pt)
• Romanian: -dimensional (ro)
• Russian: -ме́рный (ru) (-mérnyj)
• Swedish: -dimensionell

Anagrams

• indolamines, melanoidins, nominalised

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Catalan

Etymology

dimensió +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.mən.si.uˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.mən.si.oˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.men.si.oˈnal]

Adjective

dimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural dimensionals)

1. dimensional

Derived terms

• bidimensional
• quadridimensional
• tridimensional
• unidimensional

 

Further reading

• “dimensional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dimensional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dimensional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dimensional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From dimensión +‎ -al.

Adjective

dimensional m or f (plural dimensionais)

1. dimensional

Hyponyms

• adimensional
• bidimensional
• cuadridimensional
• multidimensional
• pluridimensional
• tetradimensional
• tridimensional
• unidimensional

 

Further reading

• “dimensional”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

dimensional (not comparable)

1. dimensional

Hyponyms

• dreidimensional
• eindimensional
• mehrdimensional
• multidimensional
• vierdimensional
• zweidimensional

 

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Portuguese

Etymology

From dimensão, dimensões +‎ -al.

Adjective

1. dimensional

Hyponyms

• adimensional
• bidimensional
• multidimensional
• pluridimensional
• quadridimensional
• tetradimensional
• tridimensional
• unidimensional

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From dimensión +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dimensjoˈnal/ [d̪i.mẽn.sjoˈnal]

Adjective

dimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural dimensionales)

1. dimensional

Hyponyms

• adimensional
• bidimensional
• cuadridimensional
• cuatridimensional
• multidimensional
• pluridimensional
• tetradimensional
• tridimensional
• unidimensional

 

Further reading

• “dimensional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014