Dimensional Meaning
/daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or pertaining to dimensions.
adjHaving dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
Sentence Examples
After the Singularity, we will all have nine dimensional sex organs.
The characters are two dimensional.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Engineers used a three-____ model to test the bridge design.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After the Singularity, we will all have nine ____ sex organs.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin mētior Latin dīmētior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dīmēnsiōder. English dimension Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English dimensional From dimension + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"There is the world dimensional for those untwisted by the love of things irreconcilable"
— 1926, Hart Crane, For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen:
"What is the meaning of an n-dimensional space when n is greater than three, and what purposes can it serve?"
— 1996, Richard Courant with Herbert Robbins and Ian Stewart, What is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods, page 227:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Engineers used a three-____ model to test the bridge design.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After the Singularity, we will all have nine ____ sex organs.