multidimensional

See also: multi-dimensional

English

Alternative forms

• multi-dimensional

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multus

Latin multīder.

Middle English multi-

English multi-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Italic *mētis

Latin mētior

Latin dīmētior

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin dīmēnsiōder.

English dimension

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English dimensional

English multidimensional

From multi- + dimensional.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

multidimensional (not comparable)

1. Having multiple dimensions (aspects).
   • 1996, Raya Dunayevskaya, Women's Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution, →ISBN, page 230:

     Rosa's whole life as a revolutionary, as a theoretician, as a multidimensional woman, was so preoccupied with the spontaneity of revolution […]

   • 2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 June 2019:

     Even for El’s supportive parents, conceiving of gender as a multidimensional sprawl has not been so easy to grasp.

   1. (mathematics) Having more than two dimensions.
2. Crossing through or existing in multiple dimensions (spacial planes).
   • 1998, Judith Bennett, Sex Signs, →ISBN, page 336:

     The Cosmic Woman is an integrated, multidimensional woman who has crossed both the Zodiacal and cosmic planes.

Synonyms

• pluridimensional

Derived terms

• multidimensional array
• multidimensionality
• multidimensionally

Translations

having more than two dimensions

• Czech: vícerozměrný
• Danish: flerdimensional
• Estonian: mitmemõõtmeline, mitmedimensiooniline
• Finnish: moniulotteinen (fi)
• French: multidimensionnel (fr), pluridimensionnel (fr)
• Galician: multidimensional, pluridimensional
• Georgian: მრავალგანზომილებიანი (mravalganzomilebiani)
• German: multidimensional (de), mehrdimensional (de)
• Greek: πολυδιάστατος (el) m (polydiástatos)
• Hungarian: többdimenziós (hu), sokdimenziós
• Latvian: daudzdimensiju, daudzdimensionāls
• Māori: ahumaha
• Polish: wielowymiarowy
• Portuguese: multidimensional, pluridimensional
• Romanian: multidimensional (ro) m
• Russian: многоме́рный (ru) (mnogomérnyj)
• Spanish: multidimensional, pluridimensional
• Swedish: flerdimensionell (sv)
• Ukrainian: багатови́мірний (bahatovýmirnyj)
• Vietnamese: đa chiều (vi)

Noun

multidimensional (plural multidimensionals)

1. (science fiction, New Age religion) A being that exists in more than one dimension

Galician

Etymology

From multi- +‎ dimensional.

Adjective

multidimensional m or f (plural multidimensionais)

1. multidimensional, pluridimensional

   Synonym: pluridimensional

Portuguese

Etymology

From multi- +‎ dimensional.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmuw.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.mẽ.si.oˈnaw/ [ˌmuʊ̯.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.mẽ.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˌmuw.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.mẽ.sjoˈnaw/ [ˌmuʊ̯.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.mẽ.sjoˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmul.ti.di.mẽ.sjuˈnal/ [ˌmuɫ.ti.ði.mẽ.sjuˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmul.ti.di.mẽ.sjuˈnal/ [ˌmuɫ.ti.ði.mẽ.sjuˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmul.ti.di.mẽ.sjuˈna.li/ [ˌmuɫ.ti.ði.mẽ.sjuˈna.li]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
• Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧di‧men‧si‧o‧nal

Adjective

multidimensional m or f (plural multidimensionais)

1. multidimensional, pluridimensional

   Synonym: pluridimensional

Derived terms

• multidimensionalidade
• multidimensionalmente

Further reading

• “multidimensional”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “multidimensional”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “multidimensional”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “multidimensional”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “multidimensional”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French multidimensionnel. By surface analysis, multi- +‎ dimensional.

Adjective

multidimensional m or n (feminine singular multidimensională, masculine plural multidimensionali, feminine/neuter plural multidimensionale)

1. multidimensional

Declension

Declension of multidimensional

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	multidimensional		multidimensională	multidimensionali	multidimensionale
	definite	multidimensionalul		multidimensionala	multidimensionalii	multidimensionalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	multidimensional		multidimensionale	multidimensionali	multidimensionale
	definite	multidimensionalului		multidimensionalei	multidimensionalilor	multidimensionalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From multi- +‎ dimensional.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /multidimensjoˈnal/ [mul̪.t̪i.ð̞i.mẽn.sjoˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mul‧ti‧di‧men‧sio‧nal

Adjective

multidimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural multidimensionales)

1. (geometry) multidimensional, pluridimensional

   Synonym: pluridimensional

   • 2015 July 23, ““Sólo el 2% de universitarios africanos estudia agricultura””, in El País‎^[2]:

     A nivel nacional estamos trabajando con varios países en la elaboración de estudios país multidimensionales como en Uruguay y Costa de Marfil.

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