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B2 [ C often plural ] a measurement of something in a particular direction, especially its height, length, or width: Please specify the dimensions (= the height, length and width) of the room. a building of vast dimensions (= size)

B2 [ C ] a part or feature or way of considering something: His personality has several dimensions. These weapons add a new dimension to modern warfare. There is a spiritual dimension to her poetry.

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a measurement of something in a particular direction, esp. its height, length, or width: The dimensions of the room are 26 feet by 15 feet.

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a part or quality of a thing or situation that has an effect on the way you think about it: The new script gave the story a psychological dimension.

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a measurement of something in a particular direction, especially its height, length, or width: The estate agent's brochure specifies the dimensions of each room. approximate/exact/precise dimensions

a part or feature of something: Good managers will analyse every dimension of job satisfaction. One other dimension of e-commerce readiness is integration between information systems. The information-based economy has the potential to add a new dimension to economic success.

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Can we assess the role of dialect differences relative to other dimensions of situated discourse?

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A choice of 3,000 dimensions seems appropriate for the present data.

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In both cases these dimensions do not include the thickness of the cyst wall.

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A control of order -1 has the opposite behaviour: a direct relationship between rate of change of the control's value and the dimension's value.

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No sane human being would search through all the 221 dimensions of the model blindly hoping to find some optimal sound!

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The possibility of an event being in the 'active' state generalizes the 0-dimensional notion of state to higher dimensions.

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The four th and additional dimensions explain very little of the variance in the data.

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They found that higher-dimensional splines offered significant improvements over standard discretization methods (although for dimensions higher than three, their algorithms are still very time-consuming).

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However, this comes at the cost of weakening the ability of sunspot models to explain fluctuations along some dimensions.

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More indirectly, these two stylistic dimensions mark different epistemic relations to the discourse, emphasizing and privileging different kinds of information.

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Our purpose here is to elaborate these analytical dimensions in relation to workplace discourse.

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To encompass the two parties and seven issue dimensions, we estimated fourteen separate models.

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All results cover the important case when = 2 in one and two dimensions.

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Different permutations of the three dimensions generated multiple model types.

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How else can justice be done to its bigness, to the different dimensions of excess that are part of its history?

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added dimensionFuture versions of this model will generalize these preferences, but this brings in the added dimension of trying to determine optimal consumption, given current information.

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additional dimensionThis again would have placed an additional dimension to the publication, and made it less subjective.

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aesthetic dimensionNotably, they suggest that, for practical purposes at least, religious understanding has an aesthetic dimension in at least two ways.

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空間，尺寸, 層面，維度, 特點…

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空间，尺寸, 层面，维度, 特点…

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yön, boyut, taraf…

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afmeting…

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પરિમાણો (લંબાઈ, પહોળાઈ, ઊંચાઈ)…

omfang, størrelse…

mått, dimension…

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dimensjon [masculine], aspekt [neuter], dimensjon…

بُعد, حدود, لمبائی، چوڑائی اور اونچائی یا گہرائی…

вимір, розміри…

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rozměr…

matra, dimensi…

การหามิติ…

kích thước…

wymiar, aspekt, rozmiar…

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dimensione, aspetto…

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1.1Vector spaces

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Property of a mathematical space

This article is about the dimension of a space. For the dimension of an object, see size. For the dimension of a quantity, see Dimensional analysis. For other uses, see Dimension (disambiguation).

From left to right: a square, a cube and a tesseract. The square is two-dimensional (2D) and bounded by one-dimensional line segments; the cube is three-dimensional (3D) and bounded by two-dimensional squares; the tesseract is four-dimensional (4D) and bounded by three-dimensional cubes.

The first four spatial dimensions, represented in a two-dimensional picture. Two points can be connected to create a line segment.Two parallel line segments can be connected to form a square.Two parallel squares can be connected to form a cube.Two parallel cubes can be connected to form a tesseract.

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In physics and mathematics, the dimension of a mathematical space (or object) is informally defined as the minimum number of coordinates needed to specify any point within it.[1][2] Thus, a line has a dimension of one (1D) because only one coordinate is needed to specify a point on it – for example, the point at 5 on a number line. A surface, such as the boundary of a cylinder or sphere, has a dimension of two (2D) because two coordinates are needed to specify a point on it – for example, both a latitude and longitude are required to locate a point on the surface of a sphere. A two-dimensional Euclidean space is a two-dimensional space on the plane. The inside of a cube, a cylinder or a sphere is three-dimensional (3D) because three coordinates are needed to locate a point within these spaces.

In classical mechanics, space and time are different categories and refer to absolute space and time. That conception of the world is a four-dimensional space but not the one that was found necessary to describe electromagnetism. The four dimensions (4D) of spacetime consist of events that are not absolutely defined spatially and temporally, but rather are known relative to the motion of an observer. Minkowski space first approximates the universe without gravity; the pseudo-Riemannian manifolds of general relativity describe spacetime with matter and gravity. 10 dimensions are used to describe superstring theory (6D hyperspace + 4D), 11 dimensions can describe supergravity and M-theory (7D hyperspace + 4D), and the state-space of quantum mechanics is an infinite-dimensional function space.

The concept of dimension is not restricted to physical objects. High-dimensional spaces frequently occur in mathematics and the sciences. They may be Euclidean spaces or more general parameter spaces or configuration spaces such as in Lagrangian or Hamiltonian mechanics; these are abstract spaces, independent of the physical space.

In mathematics[edit]

In mathematics, the dimension of an object is, roughly speaking, the number of degrees of freedom of a point that moves on this object. In other words, the dimension is the number of independent parameters or coordinates that are needed for defining the position of a point that is constrained to be on the object. For example, the dimension of a point is zero; the dimension of a line is one, as a point can move on a line in only one direction (or its opposite); the dimension of a plane is two etc.

The dimension is an intrinsic property of an object, in the sense that it is independent of the dimension of the space in which the object is or can be embedded. For example, a curve, such as a circle, is of dimension one, because the position of a point on a curve is determined by its signed distance along the curve to a fixed point on the curve. This is independent from the fact that a curve cannot be embedded in a Euclidean space of dimension lower than two, unless it is a line.

The dimension of Euclidean n-space En is n. When trying to generalize to other types of spaces, one is faced with the question "what makes En n-dimensional?" One answer is that to cover a fixed ball in En by small balls of radius ε, one needs on the order of ε−n such small balls. This observation leads to the definition of the Minkowski dimension and its more sophisticated variant, the Hausdorff dimension, but there are also other answers to that question. For example, the boundary of a ball in En looks locally like En-1 and this leads to the notion of the inductive dimension. While these notions agree on En, they turn out to be different when one looks at more general spaces.

A tesseract is an example of a four-dimensional object. Whereas outside mathematics the use of the term "dimension" is as in: "A tesseract has four dimensions", mathematicians usually express this as: "The tesseract has dimension 4", or: "The dimension of the tesseract is 4" or: 4D.

Although the notion of higher dimensions goes back to René Descartes, substantial development of a higher-dimensional geometry only began in the 19th century, via the work of Arthur Cayley, William Rowan Hamilton, Ludwig Schläfli and Bernhard Riemann. Riemann's 1854 Habilitationsschrift, Schläfli's 1852 Theorie der vielfachen Kontinuität, and Hamilton's discovery of the quaternions and John T. Graves' discovery of the octonions in 1843 marked the beginning of higher-dimensional geometry.

The rest of this section examines some of the more important mathematical definitions of dimension.

Vector spaces[edit]

Main article: Dimension (vector space)

The dimension of a vector space is the number of vectors in any basis for the space, i.e. the number of coordinates necessary to specify any vector. This notion of dimension (the cardinality of a basis) is often referred to as the Hamel dimension or algebraic dimension to distinguish it from other notions of dimension.

For the non-free case, this generalizes to the notion of the length of a module.

Manifolds[edit]

The uniquely defined dimension of every connected topological manifold can be calculated. A connected topological manifold is locally homeomorphic to Euclidean n-space, in which the number n is the manifold's dimension.

For connected differentiable manifolds, the dimension is also the dimension of the tangent vector space at any point.

In geometric topology, the theory of manifolds is characterized by the way dimensions 1 and 2 are relatively elementary, the high-dimensional cases n > 4 are simplified by having extra space in which to "work"; and the cases n = 3 and 4 are in some senses the most difficult. This state of affairs was highly marked in the various cases of the Poincaré conjecture, in which four different proof methods are applied.

Complex dimension[edit]

The dimension of a manifold depends on the base field with respect to which Euclidean space is defined. While analysis usually assumes a manifold to be over the real numbers, it is sometimes useful in the study of complex manifolds and algebraic varieties to work over the complex numbers instead. A complex number (x + iy) has a real part x and an imaginary part y, in which x and y are both real numbers; hence, the complex dimension is half the real dimension.

Conversely, in algebraically unconstrained contexts, a single complex coordinate system may be applied to an object having two real dimensions. For example, an ordinary two-dimensional spherical surface, when given a complex metric, becomes a Riemann sphere of one complex dimension.[3]

Varieties[edit]

Main article: Dimension of an algebraic variety

The dimension of an algebraic variety may be defined in various equivalent ways. The most intuitive way is probably the dimension of the tangent space at any Regular point of an algebraic variety. Another intuitive way is to define the dimension as the number of hyperplanes that are needed in order to have an intersection with the variety that is reduced to a finite number of points (dimension zero). This definition is based on the fact that the intersection of a variety with a hyperplane reduces the dimension by one unless if the hyperplane contains the variety.

An algebraic set being a finite union of algebraic varieties, its dimension is the maximum of the dimensions of its components. It is equal to the maximal length of the chains

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{\displaystyle V_{0}\subsetneq V_{1}\subsetneq \cdots \subsetneq V_{d}}

of sub-varieties of the given algebraic set (the length of such a chain is the number of "

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Each variety can be considered as an algebraic stack, and its dimension as variety agrees with its dimension as stack. There are however many stacks which do not correspond to varieties, and some of these have negative dimension. Specifically, if V is a variety of dimension m and G is an algebraic group of dimension n acting on V, then the quotient stack [V/G] has dimension m − n.[4]

Krull dimension[edit]

The Krull dimension of a commutative ring is the maximal length of chains of prime ideals in it, a chain of length n being a sequence

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⋯

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{\displaystyle {\mathcal {P}}_{0}\subsetneq {\mathcal {P}}_{1}\subsetneq \cdots \subsetneq {\mathcal {P}}_{n}}

of prime ideals related by inclusion. It is strongly related to the dimension of an algebraic variety, because of the natural correspondence between sub-varieties and prime ideals of the ring of the polynomials on the variety.

For an algebra over a field, the dimension as vector space is finite if and only if its Krull dimension is 0.

Topological spaces[edit]

For any normal topological space X, the Lebesgue covering dimension of X is defined to be the smallest integer n for which the following holds: any open cover has an open refinement (a second open cover in which each element is a subset of an element in the first cover) such that no point is included in more than n + 1 elements. In this case dim X = n. For X a manifold, this coincides with the dimension mentioned above. If no such integer n exists, then the dimension of X is said to be infinite, and one writes dim X = ∞. Moreover, X has dimension −1, i.e. dim X = −1 if and only if X is empty. This definition of covering dimension can be extended from the class of normal spaces to all Tychonoff spaces merely by replacing the term "open" in the definition by the term "functionally open".

An inductive dimension may be defined inductively as follows. Consider a discrete set of points (such as a finite collection of points) to be 0-dimensional. By dragging a 0-dimensional object in some direction, one obtains a 1-dimensional object. By dragging a 1-dimensional object in a new direction, one obtains a 2-dimensional object. In general one obtains an (n + 1)-dimensional object by dragging an n-dimensional object in a new direction. The inductive dimension of a topological space may refer to the small inductive dimension or the large inductive dimension, and is based on the analogy that, in the case of metric spaces, (n + 1)-dimensional balls have n-dimensional boundaries, permitting an inductive definition based on the dimension of the boundaries of open sets. Moreover, the boundary of a discrete set of points is the empty set, and therefore the empty set can be taken to have dimension -1.[5]

Similarly, for the class of CW complexes, the dimension of an object is the largest n for which the n-skeleton is nontrivial. Intuitively, this can be described as follows: if the original space can be continuously deformed into a collection of higher-dimensional triangles joined at their faces with a complicated surface, then the dimension of the object is the dimension of those triangles.[citation needed]

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I became intrigued with understanding the origins of disease and illness among native communities and the biological, social, and cultural dimensions of the disease process.

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We are as lawbound as the ants, but we have an evolutionarily conferred dimension of freedom above raw genetic determinism.

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With this data, they determined the channels' structures in three dimensions, down to the level of individual atoms.

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Insecurity in these areas is driven by all four dimensions of vulnerability, but particularly by low resilience and poor governance.

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As we move further and further toward a paperless society, that loop-the-loop form might become more familiar in two dimensions than in three.

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GamesDaily CrosswordWord PuzzleWord FinderAll gamesFeaturedWord of the DaySynonym of the DayWord of the YearNew wordsLanguage storiesAll featuredPop cultureSlangEmojiMemesAcronymsGender and sexualityAll pop cultureWriting tipsGrammar Coach™Writing hubGrammar essentialsCommonly confusedAll writing tipsGamesFeaturedPop cultureWriting tipsdimension[ dih-men-shuhn, dahy- ]show ipaSee synonyms for: dimensiondimensionsdimensionalitydimensional on Thesaurus.comnounMathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions.the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere.the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.Usually dimensions. measurement in length, width, and thickness.scope; importance: the dimensions of a problem. an aspect, feature, or angle: A study abroad experience can add a cultural dimension to your language learning.We haven't addressed that dimension of the issue.unit (def. 6). magnitude; size: Matter has dimension.Topology. a magnitude that, independently or in conjunction with other such magnitudes, serves to define the location of an element within a given set, as of a point on a line, an object in a space, or an event in space-time.the number of elements in a finite basis of a given vector space.Physics. any of a set of basic kinds of quantity, as mass, length, and time, in terms of which all other kinds of quantity can be expressed: usually denoted by capital letters, with appropriate exponents, placed in brackets: The dimensions of velocity are [LT−1].: Compare dimensional analysis. Also called al·ter·nate di·men·sion [awl-ter-nit di-men-shuhn, dahy-] /ˈɔl tər nɪt dɪˈmɛn ʃən, daɪ-/ . (in science fiction, fantasy, etc.) a hypothetical universe or world that is different from our known universe and reachable by traveling in directions that are not the perceptible axes of space and time, as with the use of futuristic technology or magic: Your enemies are villains, cultists, terrible monsters, and unfathomable entities from alternate dimensions or the cosmos beyond.: Compare parallel universe (def. 3). dimensions, Informal. the measurements of a woman's bust, waist, and hips, in that order: The dressmaker noted that the customer's dimensions were 38-24-36.dimension lumber. See moreverb (used with object)to shape or fashion to the desired dimensions: Dimension the shelves so that they fit securely into the cabinet.to indicate the dimensions of an item, area, etc., on (a sketch or drawing).Origin of dimension1First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English dimensioun, from Anglo-French or directly from Latin dīmēnsiōn- (stem of dīmēnsiō ) “a measuring,” equivalent to dīmēns(us) “measured out” (past participle of dīmētīrī, equivalent to dī- di-2 + mētīrī “to measure”) + -iōn- -ionOther words for dimension2b range, extent, reach, sweepSee synonyms for dimension on Thesaurus.comOther words from dimensiondi·men·sion·al, adjectivedi·men·sion·al·i·ty [dih-men-shuh-nal-i-tee, dahy-], /dɪˌmɛn ʃəˈnæl ɪ ti, daɪ-/, noundi·men·sion·al·ly, adverbdi·men·sion·less, adjectivemul·ti·di·men·sion·al, adjectivenon·di·men·sioned, adjectiveun·di·men·sioned, adjectiveWords Nearby dimensiondimedime a dozendime bagdimenhydrinatedime noveldimensiondimensional analysisdimensionless numberdimension lumberdimension stonedimerDictionary.com Unabridged

Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024How to use dimension in a sentenceAlmost every dimension of inequity has been accentuated here.‘There’s been some cracks:’ Bill Gates questions FDA’s credibility on a COVID-19 vaccine | Claire Zillman, reporter | September 16, 2020 | FortuneAt times he’s proposed worlds where the rules of the universe that we take for granted — about space, dimensions, the human body, the nature of dreams — are bent into strange new shapes.The ancient palindrome that explains Christopher Nolan’s Tenet | Alissa Wilkinson | September 4, 2020 | VoxAll the while, lidar measured the exact dimensions of their bodies.A robot referee can really keep its ‘eye’ on the ball | Kathryn Hulick | August 20, 2020 | Science News For StudentsPsychologists call this misleading feeling of helplessness the “pseudoinefficacy effect,” and it has a political dimension that may keep individuals from working to help others.Generation Z is ‘traumatized’ by climate change—and they’re the key to fighting it | matthewheimer | August 19, 2020 | FortuneA simple argument shows that once the conjecture is false in one dimension, it’s necessarily false in all higher dimensions.Computer Search Settles 90-Year-Old Math Problem | Kevin Hartnett | August 19, 2020 | Quanta MagazineA Europe which is no longer open to the transcendent dimension of life is a Europe which risks slowly losing its own soul.Pope’s Blistering Attack on ‘Haggard’ Europe | Nico Hines | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUnderneath, a miniature version of the bug-crazy man is revealed, himself thwacking away in an alternate dimension.‘Interstellar’ Is Wildly Ambitious, Very Flawed, and Absolutely Worth Seeing | Marlow Stern | November 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere needs to be a fully thought out strategy with a political dimension that involves the opposition.Military Hates White House ‘Micromanagement’ of ISIS War | Josh Rogin, Eli Lake | October 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTrippy, echoing sound effects give “A Brain In A Bottle” a sense of fullness and dimension—as they do for “Guess Again!”Newest Album From Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Is No Online Afterthought | Noel Murray | September 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the case of Hollywood actresses, too, this expectation takes on an even more pernicious dimension.Jennifer Lawrence Shouldn’t Laugh Off Her Nude Photo Hack | Samantha Allen | September 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor copying by engraving, &c. the exact dimension required of any picture may at once be given to be copied from.Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 | VariousBy varying the distances between a and c, and c and b, any dimension required may be given to the positive impression.Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 | VariousIt was a genuine western, with high horn and high cantle and two cinches, but much reduced in every dimension.David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harneydimension lines and centre lines are best put in of different colour.An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design | David Allan LowThe arrow-heads at the ends of the dimension lines are now put in with black ink, and so are the figures for the dimensions.An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design | David Allan LowSee More ExamplesBritish Dictionary definitions for dimensiondimension/ (dɪˈmɛnʃən) /noun(often plural) a measurement of the size of something in a particular direction, such as the length, width, height, or diameter(often plural) scope; size; extent: a problem of enormous dimensionsaspect: a new dimension to politicsmaths the number of coordinates required to locate a point in spacephysics the product or the quotient of the fundamental physical quantities (such as mass, length, or time) raised to the appropriate power in a derived physical quantity: the dimensions of velocity are length divided by timethe power to which such a fundamental quantity has to be raised in a derived quantitySee moreverb(tr) mainly US to shape or cut to specified dimensionsto mark with specified dimensionsOrigin of dimension1C14: from Old French, from Latin dīmensiō an extent, from dīmētīrī to measure out, from mētīrīDerived forms of dimensiondimensional, adjectivedimensionality, noundimensionally, adverbdimensionless, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition

Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Scientific definitions for dimensiondimension[ dĭ-mĕn′shən ]Any one of the three physical or spatial properties of length, area, and volume. In geometry, a point is said to have zero dimension; a figure having only length, such as a line, has one dimension; a plane or surface, two dimensions; and a figure having volume, three dimensions. The fourth dimension is often said to be time, as in the theory of General Relativity. Higher dimensions can be dealt with mathematically but cannot be represented visually.The measurement of a length, width, or thickness.A unit, such as mass, time, or charge, associated with a physical quantity and used as the basis for other measurements, such as acceleration.The American Heritage® Science Dictionary

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the length, width, height, or depth of something

a measurement in one direction (such as the distance from the ceiling to the floor in a room)

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the amount or number of things that something affects or influences

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dimension noun OPAL WOPAL S /daɪˈmenʃn/, /dɪˈmenʃn/ /daɪˈmenʃn/, /dɪˈmenʃn/

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enlarge image a measurement in space, for example how high, wide or long something isWe measured the dimensions of the kitchen.computer design tools that work in three dimensions see also fourth dimensionExtra ExamplesDespite the unit's compact dimensions, there's still plenty of room for expansion.It is important to measure the exact dimensions of the room.The fourth dimension, time, is also finite in extent.a model in three dimensionsa structure of considerable dimensionsThe images can be viewed in three dimensions using these special glasses.The rectangles are arranged with their longer dimension running from top to bottom.Topics Colours and Shapesc1, Maths and measurementc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveapproximateexactprecise…verb + dimensioncheckmeasurephrasesin two dimensionsin three dimensionsSee full entry

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[usually plural] the size and extent of a situationa problem of considerable dimensions

an aspect, or way of looking at or thinking about somethingHer job added a new dimension to her life.We should also consider the social dimension of unemployment.Extra ExamplesCommunication via the internet gives an important international dimension to the project.Her illness adds an extra dimension to the problem.In looking at population ageing we will consider two distinct dimensions.The affair had a different dimension now.The crisis acquired a new dimension.There is a wider dimension to the question.the spiritual dimension to our livesOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveaddedadditionaldifferent…verb + dimensionaddbringgive (something)…prepositiondimension toSee full entry Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (1)): via Old French from Latin dimensio(n-), from dimetiri ‘measure out’. Sense (2) dates from the 1920s.See dimension in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee dimension in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishCheck pronunciation:

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