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🧍 Lacking depth ➡️ Single direction
one-dimensional

one-dimensional

2 4.7
Extending in only one direction like a straight line
  • adjective
  • /ˌwʌn dɪˈmɛnʃənl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : unidimensional
  • General effects can be equally described in terms of a one-dimensional as well as a two-dimensional model of language development.

So, so far what we have been discussing is always one-dimensional waves, right.

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Examples

  • Today, more than ever, educational, professional, and personal instructional materials rely on one-dimensional representations to convey concepts to the reader.

    Academic text (2009)

  • So I will focus primarily on the one-dimensional case as usual.

  • It's just a complex number, and they form the one-dimensional vector space.

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

    Academic text (2012)

  • Now, we return to an analysis of the one-dimensional dynamics.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The problem may lie in the one-dimensional measurement tools rather than the contribution of any specialist.

    Academic text (2014)

  • We propose to explore issues of dimensionality in language development by contrasting a one-dimensional model against a two-dimensional model.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The artist created a one-dimensional drawing that only depicted a flat line on the canvas.

  • In mathematics, a one-dimensional space can be represented by a straight line with no width or height.

  • For this experiment, we will analyze a one-dimensional system to observe its behavior along a single axis.

Synonyms

linear
vsone-dimensional
24 4.4

Having the shape of a straight line or measured in one direction

is about general single-direction extension, not only the straight line sense
unidimensional
vsone-dimensional
1 8.4

Having only one simple part and no depth

is about physical extension in only one direction rather than single aspect

How Complex

complex
209 4.2
well-rounded
24 4.1
dimensional
31 6.3
one-dimensional
  • Specialized
2 4.7
flat
297 4.4

Surface Forms

one-dimensional positive

Morphology

one-dimensional = one + dimensional (transparent) = one + dimension + al

The literal meaning is directly compositional: 'one' + 'dimensional' means having a single dimension.

Etymology

One-dimensional comes from one and dimension, where dimension means 'measure' or a 'direction' you can move in. Think of a straight line or a rail where you can go only forward or backward, and that is why we call such movement one-dimensional.