dimension
English
Etymology
From Latin dīmensio, dīmensiōnis.
Pronunciation
Noun
dimension (plural dimensions)
- A single aspect of a given thing.
- 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, 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.
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- 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
Derived terms
- 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
- hyperdimension
Translations
single aspect of a thing
measure of spatial extent
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construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
in geometry
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in physics
in computing
in science fiction
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Verb
dimension (third-person singular simple present dimensions, present participle dimensioning, simple past and past participle dimensioned)
Translations
to mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions
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Esperanto
Finnish
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dīmensio, dīmensiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
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Further reading
- “dimension” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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