dimensional

adj — 4 senses

dimensional

adj

CA, US, UK /daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/ · AU /dɪˈmen.ʃə.nəl/

Etymology From dimension + -al.

1

Of or pertaining to dimensions.

2

Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.

  • There is the world dimensional for those untwisted by the love of things irreconcilable1926, Hart Crane, For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen:
3

Mathematics, Sciences Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".

  • What is the meaning of an n-dimensional space when n is greater than three, and what purposes can it serve?1996, Richard Courant with Herbert Robbins and Ian Stewart, What is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods, page 227:
4

Pertaining to dimensional lumber: having a standardized, nominal width and depth, which may differ from the actual width and depth.

  • dimensional boards, dimensional sizes, dimensional wood
Derived terms
58 termscodimensional, co-dimensional, dimensional analysis, dimensionalization, dimensionalisation, dimensionalize, dimensionalise, dimensional lumber, dimensionally, dimensional shingle, dimensional stability, dimensional stone, eleven-dimensional (11-dimensional), equidimensional, extradimensional, extra-dimensional, finite-dimensional, five-dimensional (5-dimensional), four-dimensional (4-dimensional), heterodimensional, higher-dimensional, hyperdimensional, hyper-dimensional, infinite-dimensional, interdimensional, inter-dimensional, intradimensional, intra-dimensional, microdimensional, monodimensional, multidimensional, multi-dimensional, n-dimensional, nondimensional, non-dimensional, omnidimensional, omni-dimensional, one-dimensional (1-dimensional), otherdimensional, other-dimensional, overdimensional, over-dimensional, pandimensional, pan-dimensional, pluridimensional, polydimensional, poly-dimensional, subdimensional, sub-dimensional, three-dimensional (3-dimensional), top-dimensional, transdimensional, trans-dimensional, tridim, trimensional, two-dimensional (2-dimensional), two dimensional bilayer ice I, zero-dimensional (0-dimensional)
Hyponyms
30 termscodimensional, dimensionalization, dimensionalize, dimensionally, eleven-dimensional (11-dimensional), equidimensional, finite-dimensional, five-dimensional (5-dimensional), four-dimensional (4-dimensional), heterodimensional, higher-dimensional, hyperdimensional, infinite-dimensional, intradimensional, microdimensional, monodimensional, multidimensional, n-dimensional, omnidimensional, one-dimensional (1-dimensional), pandimensional, polydimensional, subdimensional, three-dimensional (3-dimensional), top-dimensional, transdimensional, tridim, trimensional, two-dimensional (2-dimensional), zero-dimensional (0-dimensional)

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