dimension
UK/daɪˈmɛn.ʃən//dɪˈmɛn.ʃən/
dimension noun: a single aspect of a given thing.
Noun
dimension (plural dimensions)
- A single aspect of a given thing.
- This film can be enjoyed on many dimensions - the script is great, the acting is realistic, and the special effects will simply take you aback.
- Synonyms:
- aspect
- A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
- However, tubes of the same dimensions also look like solid cylinders, because their ovals are automatically treated as the top or bottom faces of solids.1985 November 19, Erik Sandberg-Diment, “PERSONAL COMPUTERS; DESIGNING IS MADE EASY BY AUTOCAD”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2017
- I can tell you that in your universe you move freely in three dimensions that you call space. […] After that it gets a bit complicated, and there's all sort of stuff going on in dimensions thirteen to twenty-two that you really wouldn't want to know about.1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 17, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 150
- Synonyms:
- magnitude, proportion, size, scope
- A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
- The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
- The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
- One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
- The dimension of velocity is length divided by time.
- On this last point Lenin is inconsistent, for he himself confidently answers various questions of physics: for example, he says that it is reactionary nonsense to claim that there can be more than three dimensions, and all forms of indeterminism are likewise nonsensical.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
- Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
- A universe or plane of existence.
- a machine that lets you travel to a parallel dimension.
- "If a man should wish to be in some other place, it is entirely possible for him to imagine himself in that place and, diving back through the negative dimension, to emerge out of it in that place with instantaneous rapidity. To imagine oneself———"1938 July, L. Ron Hubbard, “The Dangerous Dimension”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume XXI, number 5, Street & Smith, →OCLC, page 105
Verb
dimension (third-person singular simple present dimensions, present participle dimensioning, simple past and past participle dimensioned)
- To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.
- Nameless and formless the Spirit within shines forth, unconditioned and everlasting. What name is befitting the soul? How shall Infinite Effulgence be manifested? Too great a light blinds the senses. Too great a truth is too exhilarating for the student. The boundless, infinite Sentience...1911, Walter Winston Kenilworth, Thoughts on Things Psychics, page 51
- The mechanical drawing artist almost automatically lays down a triangle in order to draw a line in the desired place. Data entry for AutoCAD, by contrast, requires you to think in terms of coordinate positions rather than in the customary patterns of dimensioning.1985 November 19, Erik Sandberg-Diment, “PERSONAL COMPUTERS; DESIGNING IS MADE EASY BY AUTOCAD”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2017
- To specify the size of (an array or similar data structure); to allocate.
- Dimension an array to hold only as much data as you intend to put into it.2002, James D. Foxall, Wendy Haro-Chun, SAMS Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours, page 268
dimension meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
dimension in Hindi
- single aspect of a thing
- पहलू pahlū
- measure of spatial extent
- विमा vimā, परिमाण parimāṇ, माप māp, मात्रा mātrā, पैमाइश paimāiś, नाप nāp
- in geometry
- विमा vimā
dimension in Tamil
- அளவு, அளவீடு, உருவளவை, பருமன், பருமானம், மற்றொரு பார்வை
dimension in Urdu
- dimension
- مان mān
dimension in Bengali
- measure of spatial extent
- মাত্রা matra
More languagesFewer languages
- dimension in Malayalam
- മാനം mānaṁ
- dimension in Kannada
- ಉದ್ದಳತೆ, ಆಯ, ಹರವು, ಪರಿಮಾಣ
- dimension in Sanskrit
- परिमाण parimāṇa
- dimension in Tagalog
- sukod
- dimension in Arabic
- بُعْد buʕd
- dimension in Malay
- dimensi
- dimension in Indonesian
- matra
- dimension in Thai
- มิติ mí-dtì
- dimension in Vietnamese
- chiều không gian, chiều
- Sindhi
- پَهلُو pahloo, ماپَ maapa
Examples of dimension in a sentence
- We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years.2012 January, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2012...
- He was experimenting with matter transportation through the nth dimension.2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 2:
- The boundless, infinite Sentience, incomprehensibly dimensioned in Being and Intelligence, rests Unseen and Unthinkable in the shore of His Own omnipresent and superomnipresent consciousness.1911, Walter Winston Kenilworth, Thoughts on Things Psychics, page 51:
- “But very precise dimensioning is required.2010 August 11, Jim Robbins, “Portable Housing, Made in Montana”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
Synonyms of dimension
- aspect
- magnitude
- proportion
- size
- scope
- construct whereby objects
- individuals can be distinguished
Forms of dimension
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dimensions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dimensions |
| present participle | dimensioning |
| past participle | dimensioned |
| past | dimensioned |
Origin of dimension
Derived from Latin dīmēnsiō.
Words formed from dimension
- 3-D
- 3-dimensional
- 4-dimensional
- box-counting dimension
- codimension
- correlation dimension
- dimensionable
- dimensional
- dimensional analysis
- dimensionality
- dimensional shingle
- dimensionful
- dimensionless
- dimension lumber
- dimension stone
- dimensionwise
- dimension work
- eigendimension
- exterior dimension
- four-dimensional
- fourth dimension
- fractal dimension
- Hamel dimension
- Hausdorff dimension
- Helly dimension
- Iitaka dimension
- information dimension
- isoperimetric dimension
- Kaplan-Yorke dimension
- Krull dimension
- Lebesgue covering dimension
- Lyapunov dimension
- Minkowski-Bouligand dimension
- Minkowski dimension
- multidimensional
- nanodimension
- one-dimensional
- ordinate dimension
- pointwise dimension
- poset dimension
- predimension
- pseudodimension
- q-dimension
- subdimension
- third dimension
- three-dimensional
- transdimensional
Phrases with dimension
Words that rhyme with dimension
- intention
- tension
- pension
- indention
- intervention
- recension
- condescension
- descension
- gentian
- mention
- resuspension
- advention
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Questions about dimension
- What does dimension mean?
- Dimension means a single aspect of a given thing.
- What is dimension in Hindi?
- Dimension in Hindi is पहलू (pahlū), विमा (vimā), परिमाण (parimāṇ). See Dimension meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use dimension in a sentence?
- We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years.
- What part of speech is dimension?
- Dimension can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce dimension?
- Dimension is pronounced /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dimension?
- The plural of dimension is dimensions.
Words near dimension in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dimension (page history and authors); dimension (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مان (Urdu) (page history and authors); മാനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); dimension (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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