dimensional
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /dɪˈmɛnʃənəl/, /daɪ-/, /-ʃnəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: di‧men‧sion‧al, di‧men‧sional
Adjective edit
dimensional (comparative more dimensional, superlative most dimensional)
- Of or pertaining to dimensions.
- (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
- 1926, Hart Crane, For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen:
- There is the world dimensional for those untwisted by the love of things irreconcilable
- (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".
- 1996, Richard Courant with Herbert Robbins and Ian Stewart, What is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods, page 227:
- What is the meaning of an n-dimensional space when n is greater than three, and what purposes can it serve?
Usage notes edit
- Often used as a combining form.
Hyponyms edit
- eleven-dimensional
- finite-dimensionaltop-dimensional
- four-dimensional (4-dimensional)
- higher-dimensional
- infinite-dimensional
- multidimensional
- n-dimensional
- one-dimensional (1-dimensional)
- three-dimensional (3-dimensional)
- trans-dimensional
- transdimensional
- two-dimensional (2-dimensional)
- zero-dimensional (0-dimensional)
Related terms edit
Translations edit
having a stated number of dimensions
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Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [di.mən.si.uˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [di.mən.si.oˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [di.men.si.oˈnal]
Adjective edit
dimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural dimensionals)
Further reading edit
- “dimensional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “dimensional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “dimensional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “dimensional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
dimensional m or f (plural dimensionais)
Further reading edit
- “dimensional” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
dimensional (strong nominative masculine singular dimensionaler, not comparable)
Declension edit
Positive forms of dimensional (uncomparable)
Hyponyms edit
Further reading edit
- “dimensional” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “dimensional” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From dimensão, dimensões + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dimensional m or f (plural dimensionais)
Further reading edit
- “dimensional” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “dimensional” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “dimensional” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “dimensional” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “dimensional” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German dimensional or French dimensionnel. By surface analysis, dimensiune + -al.
Adjective edit
dimensional m or n (feminine singular dimensională, masculine plural dimensionali, feminine and neuter plural dimensionale)
Declension edit
Declension of dimensional
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | dimensional | dimensională | dimensionali | dimensionale | ||
definite | dimensionalul | dimensionala | dimensionalii | dimensionalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | dimensional | dimensionale | dimensionali | dimensionale | ||
definite | dimensionalului | dimensionalei | dimensionalilor | dimensionalelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural dimensionales)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dimensional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014