dimensional

English

Etymology

From dimension + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈmɛnʃənəl/, /daɪ-/, /-ʃnəl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧men‧sion‧al, di‧men‧sional

Adjective

dimensional (comparative more dimensional, superlative most dimensional)

  1. Of or pertaining to dimensions.
  2. (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
    • 1926, Hart Crane, For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen:
      There is the world dimensional for those untwisted by the love of things irreconcilable
    1. (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".
      • 1996, Richard Courant with Herbert Robbins and Ian Stewart, What is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods, page 227:
        What is the meaning of an n-dimensional space when n is greater than three, and what purposes can it serve?

Usage notes

  • Often used as a combining form.

Hyponyms

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From dimensió + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [di.mən.si.uˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [di.mən.si.oˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [di.men.si.oˈnal]

Adjective

dimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural dimensionals)

  1. dimensional
    Hyponyms: bidimensional, quadridimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From dimensión + -al.

Adjective

dimensional m or f (plural dimensionais)

  1. dimensional
    Hyponyms: adimensional, bidimensional, cuadridimensional, multidimensional, pluridimensional, tetradimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

dimensional (strong nominative masculine singular dimensionaler, not comparable)

  1. dimensional
    Hyponyms: eindimensional, zweidimensional, dreidimensional, vierdimensional, mehrdimensional, multidimensional

Declension

Hyponyms

Further reading

  • dimensional” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dimensional” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Portuguese

Etymology

From dimensão, dimensões + -al.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.mẽ.si.oˈnaw/ [d͡ʒi.mẽ.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.mẽ.sjoˈnaw/ [d͡ʒi.mẽ.sjoˈnaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.mẽ.sjuˈnal/ [di.mẽ.sjuˈnaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /di.mẽ.sjuˈna.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: di‧men‧si‧o‧nal

Adjective

dimensional m or f (plural dimensionais)

  1. dimensional
    Hyponyms: adimensional, bidimensional, multidimensional, pluridimensional, quadridimensional, tetradimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German dimensional or French dimensionnel. By surface analysis, dimensiune + -al.

Adjective

dimensional m or n (feminine singular dimensională, masculine plural dimensionali, feminine and neuter plural dimensionale)

  1. dimensional

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From dimensión + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dimensjoˈnal/ [d̪i.mẽn.sjoˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: di‧men‧sio‧nal

Adjective

dimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural dimensionales)

  1. dimensional
    Hyponyms: adimensional, bidimensional, cuadridimensional, cuatridimensional, multidimensional, pluridimensional, tetradimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

Derived terms

Further reading

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