English Explanatory Dictionary

dimension

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A single aspect of a given thing.
  2. A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
  3. A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
  4. The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
  5. The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
  6. One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
  7. Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
  8. A universe or plane of existence.
verb
  1. To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.
  2. To specify the size of (an array or similar data structure); to allocate.

Pronunciation

/daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/ [daɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩] /dɪˈmɛn.ʃən/ [dɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩] en-us-dimension.ogg /dɪˈmen.ʃən/ [dɪˈmen.ʃn̩] /dɑeˈmen.ʃən/ [dɑe̯ˈmen.ʃn̩] /dəˈmen.ʃən/ [dəˈmen.ʃn̩] /daɪˈmen.ʃən/

Word forms

dimension dimensions dimensioning dimensioned

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin mētior Latin dīmētior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dīmēnsiōder. English dimension Derived from Latin dīmēnsiō.

Synonyms

construct whereby objects individuals can be distinguished aspect magnitude proportion size scope

Related words

hyperdimension

Derived words

3-D 3-dimensional 4-dimensional box-counting dimension codimension correlation dimension dimensionable dimensional dimensional analysis dimensionality dimensional shingle dimensionful dimensionless dimension lumber dimension stone dimensionwise dimension work eigendimension exterior dimension four-dimensional fourth dimension fractal dimension Hamel dimension Hausdorff dimension Helly dimension Iitaka dimension information dimension isoperimetric dimension Kaplan-Yorke dimension Krull dimension Lebesgue covering dimension Lyapunov dimension Minkowski-Bouligand dimension Minkowski dimension multidimensional nanodimension one-dimensional ordinate dimension pointwise dimension poset dimension predimension pseudodimension q-dimension subdimension third dimension three-dimensional transdimensional
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