four-dimensional
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8.1
- adjective
- /fɔr dɪˈmɛnʃənəl/
- Specialized
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cuatridimensional
- General relativity merges space and time into a seamless four-dimensional entity.
- four-dimensional spacetime
So not only the the four dimensional space-time of Einstein's theory, but more dimensions.
- So not only the the four dimensional space-time of Einstein's theory, but more dimensions.
- It's a physics is in some sense about something that's kind of four dimensional in a way.
- So 'cause you drew this cube of a cube so that it's the four dimensional cube.
- OK, you go in four dimensional, take what you want and then you transmute into the mediation.
Examples
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In this way, we can visualize how the curvature of four-dimensional spacetime replaces the force of gravity.
Academic text (1994) -
I'm having trouble with my four-dimensional harmonic oscillator.
Fiction book (2001) -
The series is called a four-dimensional MRI.
Academic text (2007) -
And it could be that our four dimensional universe can be defined in terms of certain statistical system in three dimensions.
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Note that time, by definition, does not exist in a timeless four-dimensional space.
Blog text (2) -
And when we're interested in the four dimensional geometry, we write the components a MU.
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So that would be that's a four dimensional volume of space-time.
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Throughout the paper, we will discuss four-dimensional examples on the same footing as higher-dimensional ones with this assumption in mind.
Academic text (2018) -
In our own case, we are three-dimensional creatures living in a four-dimensional spacetime.
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For instance, in a four-dimensional theory with a light charged particle, electric forces are screened at large distances.
Synonyms
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8.9
A space that has four dimensions, including time as the fourth
Antonyms
How Many Dimensions
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6.6
- Specialized
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8.1
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3.9
- Specialized
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3.5
- Specialized
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4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
four-dimensional = four + dimensional (transparent) = four + dimension + al
The meaning follows directly from the numeral 'four' plus the adjective 'dimensional', so the whole word is compositionally interpretable.
Etymology
Four-dimensional is made of four and dimension, and dimension comes from a word meaning 'measure'. So four-dimensional means 'having four measures', which usually means the three directions of space plus time as the fourth.