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dimensional en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nɫ̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [dɑeˈmen.ʃə.nɫ̩] (Australia)
• [dɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nɫ̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /dəˈmen.ʃə.nəl/ (Australia)
• [dəˈmen.ʃə.nɫ̩] (Australia)
• /daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈmen.ʃə.nəl/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɑeˈmen.ʃə.nəl/ (Australia)
• [dɪˈmen.ʃə.nɫ̩] (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. 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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English dimensional From dimension + -al.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to dimensions.
2. (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
   • There is the world dimensional for those untwisted by the love of things irreconcilable 1926, Hart Crane, For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen:
3. (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional. ▸ 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

Forms

Deriveds

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

Hyponyms

one-dimensional (1-dimensional) · finite-dimensional · hyperdimensional · four-dimensional (4-dimensional) · two-dimensional (2-dimensional) · codimensional · equidimensional · eleven-dimensional (11-dimensional) · intradimensional · infinite-dimensional · pandimensional · zero-dimensional (0-dimensional) · top-dimensional · monodimensional · dimensionally · microdimensional · trimensional · dimensionalize · heterodimensional · subdimensional · multidimensional · polydimensional · five-dimensional (5-dimensional) · n-dimensional · three-dimensional (3-dimensional) · transdimensional · tridim · higher-dimensional · dimensionalization · omnidimensional

Translations (23)

it -dimensionale (having a stated number of dimensions) · is -víður (having a stated number of dimensions) · ca dimensional (having a stated number of dimensions) · gl dimensional (having a stated number of dimensions) · de -dimensional (having a stated number of dimensions) · cmn 維的 /维的 (having a stated number of dimensions) · ro -dimensional (having a stated number of dimensions) · fi -ulotteinen (having a stated number of dimensions) · is -víddar- (having a stated number of dimensions) · mn хэмжээст (having a stated number of dimensions) · ja -次元の (having a stated number of dimensions) · nl dimensionaal (having a stated number of dimensions) · fr de dimension (having a stated number of dimensions) · is -vídd (having a stated number of dimensions) · ka განზომილებიანი (having a stated number of dimensions) · fy -dimensjonal (having a stated number of dimensions) · fr dimensionnel (having a stated number of dimensions) · fy -diminsjonal (having a stated number of dimensions) · sv -dimensionell (having a stated number of dimensions) · pl wymiarowy (having a stated number of dimensions) · hi विमीय (having a stated number of dimensions) · pt dimensional (having a stated number of dimensions) · ru -ме́рный (having a stated number of dimensions)