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multidimensional en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- 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 English multidimensional From multi- + dimensional.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having multiple dimensions (aspects).
    • Rosa's whole life as a revolutionary, as a theoretician, as a multidimensional woman, was so preoccupied with the spontaneity of revolution […] 1996, Raya Dunayevskaya, Women's Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution, →ISBN, page 230:
    • Even for El’s supportive parents, conceiving of gender as a multidimensional sprawl has not been so easy to grasp. 2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019:
  2. (not-comparable) Having multiple dimensions (aspects). ▸ Having more than two dimensions.
  3. (not-comparable) Crossing through or existing in multiple dimensions (spacial planes).
    • The Cosmic Woman is an integrated, multidimensional woman who has crossed both the Zodiacal and cosmic planes. 1998, Judith Bennett, Sex Signs, →ISBN, page 336:

Forms

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multi-dimensional alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

multidimensionally · multidimensional array · multidimensionality

Synonyms

pluridimensional

Translations (29)

gl multidimensional (having more than two dimensions) · el πολυδιάστατος (having more than two dimensions) · fr pluridimensionnel (having more than two dimensions) · lv daudzdimensiju (having more than two dimensions) · fi moniulotteinen (having more than two dimensions) · hu többdimenziós (having more than two dimensions) · gl pluridimensional (having more than two dimensions) · pt pluridimensional (having more than two dimensions) · ru многоме́рный (having more than two dimensions) · vi đa chiều (having more than two dimensions) · hu sokdimenziós (having more than two dimensions) · pl wielowymiarowy (having more than two dimensions) · kk көп өлшемді (having more than two dimensions) · es pluridimensional (having more than two dimensions) · et mitmedimensiooniline (having more than two dimensions) · cs vícerozměrný (having more than two dimensions) · mi ahumaha (having more than two dimensions) · de mehrdimensional (having more than two dimensions) · da flerdimensional (having more than two dimensions) · ro multidimensional (having more than two dimensions) · ka მრავალგანზომილებიანი (having more than two dimensions) · sv flerdimensionell (having more than two dimensions) · de multidimensional (having more than two dimensions) · es multidimensional (having more than two dimensions) · pt multidimensional (having more than two dimensions) · fr multidimensionnel (having more than two dimensions) · uk багатови́мірний (having more than two dimensions) · lv daudzdimensionāls (having more than two dimensions) · et mitmemõõtmeline (having more than two dimensions)

multidimensional en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- 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 English multidimensional From multi- + dimensional.

Meanings

  1. (New-Age) A being that exists in more than one dimension

Forms

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multidimensionals Number=Plur lexicographic
multi-dimensional alternative lexicographic