Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to extension in space; having a dimension or dimensions; measurable in one or more directions: used in composition: as, a line is a one-dimensional, a surface a two- dimensional, and a solid a three-dimensional object.
- Relating to dimension: as, a dimensional equation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to dimension.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
dimensions . - adjective comparable Having dimension or dimensions;
three-dimensional .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to dimensions
- adjective having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person
Etymologies
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Examples
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Size matters: Shippers use what they call dimensional weight pricing, which takes into account the size of the package, instead of weight.
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On the ground, he utterly ran over his opponents, though being one-dimensional is flattering unimpressive during this indicate in his career.
MMA Ratings: Fight Picks and Predictions for TUF 10 Finale: More Kimbo admin 2009
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Also the technique of tricking your eyes to believe that something two dimensional is actually three dimensional ends up giving me sore eyes and a headache.
Martin Scorsese Says Even Films Like Precious Should Be in 3D | /Film 2010
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On the ground, he utterly ran over his opponents, though being one-dimensional is flattering unimpressive during this indicate in his career.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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The way to make Abram three dimensional is to avoid saying, for instance, that he was strong.
Addresses by Luella Creighton, Pierre Berton, and Dr. Wilder Penfield 1954
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Perhaps one of the most important changes in the DSM is called dimensional assessments noted above in the discussion of schizophrenic disorders.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com MD Lloyd I. Sederer 2011
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In particular, the notion that climate is one dimensional which is to say that it is totally described by some fictitious global mean temperature and some single gross forcing a la increased CO2 is grotesque in its oversimplification.
unknown title 2009
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In particular, the notion that climate is one dimensional which is to say that it is totally described by some fictitious global mean temperature and some single gross forcing a la increased CO2 is grotesque in its oversimplification.
unknown title 2009
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That makes the movie, by my maths, nine dimensional, which is at least four more dimensions than the human mind is equipped to cope with.
Archive 2007-11-01 Greg Tannahill 2007
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That makes the movie, by my maths, nine dimensional, which is at least four more dimensions than the human mind is equipped to cope with.
Beowulf (The Movie) Greg Tannahill 2007
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