dimensional
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈmɛnʃənəl/, /daɪ-/
- Hyphenation: di‧men‧sion‧al
Adjective
dimensional (comparative more dimensional, superlative most dimensional)
- Of or pertaining to dimensions.
- (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
- (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?
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- 1926, Hart Crane, "For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen"
Usage notes
- Often used as a combining form.
Hyponyms
- four-dimensional (4-dimensional)
- n-dimensional
- one-dimensional (1-dimensional)
- three-dimensional (3-dimensional)
- two-dimensional (2-dimensional)
- zero-dimensional (0-dimensional)
- higher-dimensional
- infinite-dimensional
- multidimensional
- transdimensional
Related terms
Translations
having a stated number of dimensions
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Catalan
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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.
- “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.
Galician
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German
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Declension
Declension of dimensional
Portuguese
Etymology
From dimensão, dimensões + -al.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dimensjoˈnal/, [d̪imẽnsjoˈnal]
Hyponyms
Further reading
- “dimensional” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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