Definitions for dimension

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dimension di·men·sion

Spelling: [dih-men-shuh n, dahy-]

IPA: /dɪˈmɛn ʃən, daɪ-/

Dimension is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 310 anagrams from letters in dimension (deiimnnos).

Definitions for dimension

noun

1. Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: 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:
2. Usually, dimensions. measurement in length, width, and thickness. scope; importance:
3. unit (def 6).
4. magnitude; size:
5. 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.
6. 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: Compare dimensional analysis.
7. dimensions, Informal. the measurements of a woman's bust, waist, and hips, in that order:
8. dimension lumber.

verb (used with object)

1. to shape or fashion to the desired dimensions:
2. to indicate the dimensions of an item, area, etc., on (a sketch or drawing).

Origin of dimension

1375-1425; late Middle English dimensioun (Anglo-French) Latin dīmēnsiōn- (stem of dīmēnsiō) a measuring, equivalent to dīmēns(us) measured out (past participle of dīmētīrī, equivalent to dī-

Examples for dimension

This, of course, is beyond your comprehension, since the Ninth dimension is involved.

And Luga, was she lost to him in that no-man's land of a fourth dimension?

The mysteries of the Fourth dimension they had already solved.

Alcohol abuse is a much bigger problem than cannabis abuse—in every dimension.

But my lack of care has the dimension of a confession because I feel bad about not caring.

Trippy, echoing sound effects give “A Brain In A Bottle” a sense of fullness and dimension—as they do for “Guess Again!”

He also explains that from a higher mathematical vantage point, our dimension would seem less dimensional.

Detective, Fourth dimension, and air adventure—only well done.

The premise involved a detective whose ability to stand on one leg allowed him entry into a bizarre second dimension.

The earth's interior, Dr. Shapley said, is the "third dimension" of geography.