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two-dimensional

two-dimensional

7 3.5
Has only length and width but no depth
  • adjective
  • /ˌtuː dɪˈmɛnʃənəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bidimensional
  • The design of the logo is two-dimensional and appears flat without any depth.
  • two-dimensional model
  • two-dimensional image
  • two-dimensional array

And we started a discussion of two-dimensional or three-dimensional wave last time.

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Examples

  • Many video games feature characters that exist in a two-dimensional world, limiting their movement to length and width.

  • In art class, we learned how to create images on a two-dimensional canvas.

  • So this is an example of a two-dimensional space group.

  • All it ever knew was this two-dimensional plane that it lives in.

  • This is another two-dimensional crystal, and this is another.

  • So this is my two-dimensional patch of space here.

  • Next, we turned to a two-dimensional model based on the theoretical considerations in our earlier discussion.

    Academic text (2012)

  • But for somebody living in this two-dimensional world, they don't see a circle, but they see a line.

  • Especially as the swarms can only form a two-dimensional array on the ground.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Creating specific, fully observed, and expressive two-dimensional artworks was challenging for students.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

planar
vstwo-dimensional
  • Specialized
1 8.2

Relating to or lying on a flat surface that goes in two directions

is more general meaning only two dimensions regardless of being a surface
bidimensional
vstwo-dimensional
  • Specialized
6.9

With two dimensions, like length and width

specifies only two dimensions and denies any depth

Antonyms

three-dimensional
36 3.9

Something that has length, width and depth like a box or ball

How Many Dimensions

two-dimensional
  • Specialized
7 3.5
one-dimensional
  • Specialized
2 4.7

Surface Forms

two-dimensional positive

Morphology

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

The literal meaning is a straightforward compound of 'two' and 'dimensional'.

Etymology

Two-dimensional is made of two and dimension, and dimension comes from a root meaning 'measure', like the familiar word measure, so it means 'measured in two ways', length and width, with no depth.