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dimensionality

UK/daɪˌmɛn.ʃəˈnæl.ɪ.tɪ/US/dɪˌmɛn.ʃəˈnæl.ə.tɪ/

dimensionality noun: the state or characteristic of possessing dimensions.

Noun

dimensionality (plural dimensionalities)

  1. The state or characteristic of possessing dimensions.
  2. The number of dimensions something has.
    • That is to say, it is the Analogue of Space, not in the sense in which we formerly regarded Space as the negation of Matter; but in the sense of Infinite Dimensionality, or of Dimensionality in all directions, as a vague generalization from the three spatial dimensions Length, Breadth, and...1864, Edward B. Freeland, "Corresponding First Discriminations in Thought and Language", article two of The Scientific Universal Language, as serialized in The Continental Monthly, number 35 (volume...
    • This often happens, for example, when a two-dimensional solution is obtained for data whose appropriate dimensionality is higher.1978, Joseph B. Kruskal, Myron Wish, Multidimensional Scaling, →ISBN, page 44

Examples of dimensionality in a sentence

  • As well as the low dimensionality of the Bloch electron states, […]1995, T. Ogawa, "Dimensionality and Optical Responses of Materials", chapter 1 in, T. Ogawa and Y. Kanemitsuu, editors, Optical Properties...
  • The programming language does not impose any restrictions on the dimensionality of the arrays.2010, Basavaraj S. Anami, Shanmukhappa A. Angadi, Sunilkumar S. Manvi, Computer Concepts and C Programming, second, →ISBN, page 139:
  • A vector v=(22,38,52,12) defines a four-dimensional space with a point at the stated co-ordinates, and so on to any dimensionality n.2011, Hermann Moisl, "Hypothesis Generation", chapter 4 in, Warren Maguire and April McMahon, editors, Analysing Variation in English, page...

Forms of dimensionality

pluraldimensionalities

Origin of dimensionality

From dimension + -ality.

Words formed from dimensionality

Words that rhyme with dimensionality

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Questions about dimensionality

What does dimensionality mean?
Dimensionality means the state or characteristic of possessing dimensions.
How do you use dimensionality in a sentence?
As well as the low dimensionality of the Bloch electron states, […]
What part of speech is dimensionality?
Dimensionality is a noun.
How do you pronounce dimensionality?
Dimensionality is pronounced /daɪˌmɛn.ʃəˈnæl.ɪ.tɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of dimensionality?
The plural of dimensionality is dimensionalities.

Words near dimensionality in the dictionary

  1. dimensionalise
  2. dimensionalised
  3. dimensionalises
  4. dimensionalising
  5. dimensionalities
  6. dimensionality
  7. dimensionalization
  8. dimensionalizations
  9. dimensionalize
  10. dimensionalized
  11. dimensionalizes

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