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dimensional

dimensional

118 5.7
About measurement in one direction or in many
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈmɛnʃənl/
  • Specialized
: dimensional
  • This six dimensional space is called phase space.
  • three-dimensional
  • two-dimensional
  • one-dimensional

There's enough if you're thinking finite dimensional vector spaces.

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Examples

  • An ability to visualize three-dimensional parts will be helpful for students to complete this lesson.

    Academic text (2011)
  • A three-dimensional image of a fingerprint.

  • This is the flat representation of a higher dimensional object.

  • It's a scalar in high dimensional space, right?

  • You just see whether you're living in an even dimensional space or odd dimensional space.

  • Figure 1 shows a path diagram for a one-dimensional model of language development.

    Academic text (2012)
  • UCC services became diverse, multi-channeled, and multi-dimensional to respond to student needs.

    Academic text (2015)
  • There is often a very high-tech, three-dimensional holographic video reconstruction of whatever the accident was.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The online version of this article includes animated simulations that show the three-dimensional structure of star-forming regions.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In geometry, a dimensional shape has length and width, defining its size.

Compounds

1 3.6

A solid shape with height, width and depth like a cube

1 5.8

A system that uses radio waves to show how far away, which direction, and how high objects are

1 3.9

A flat shape like a square or circle with length and width but no depth

9.9

A computer language where expressions are written as a single line of text

How Measured

dimensional
  • Specialized
118 5.7
two-dimensional
  • Specialized
16 3.5
one-dimensional
  • Specialized
3 4.7

Surface Forms

dimensional positive

Morphology

dimensional = dimension (transparent) = dimension + al

The adjective is directly formed from 'dimension' with '-al' to mean 'relating to dimensions' or 'having dimensions'.

Etymology

The word dimensional comes from dimension, which originally meant 'a measuring' and is related to the common word measure. So dimensional describes size, space, or measurement in one or more directions.