multidimensional

English

Etymology

From multi- + dimensional.

Adjective

multidimensional (not comparable)

  1. Having multiple dimensions (aspects).
    • 1996, Raya Dunayevskaya, Women's Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution, →ISBN, page 230:
      Rosa's whole life as a revolutionary, as a theoretician, as a multidimensional woman, was so preoccupied with the spontaneity of revolution []
    1. (mathematics) Having more than two dimensions.
  2. Crossing through or existing in multiple dimensions (spacial planes).
    • 1998, Judith Bennett, Sex Signs, →ISBN, page 336:
      The Cosmic Woman is an integrated, multidimensional woman who has crossed both the Zodiacal and cosmic planes.

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Translations

Noun

multidimensional (plural multidimensionals)

  1. (science fiction, New Age religion) a being that exists in more than one dimension

Galician

Etymology

From multi- + dimensional.

Adjective

multidimensional m or f (plural multidimensionais)

  1. multidimensional, pluridimensional
    Synonym: pluridimensional

Portuguese

Etymology

From multi- + dimensional.

Pronunciation

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

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

Adjective

multidimensional m or f (plural multidimensionais)

  1. multidimensional, pluridimensional
    Synonym: pluridimensional

Derived terms

  • multidimensionalidade
  • multidimensionalmente

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French multidimensionnel. By surface analysis, multi- + dimensional.

Adjective

multidimensional m or n (feminine singular multidimensională, masculine plural multidimensionali, feminine and neuter plural multidimensionale)

  1. multidimensional

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From multi- + dimensional.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /multidimensjoˈnal/ [mul̪.t̪i.ð̞i.mẽn.sjoˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mul‧ti‧di‧men‧sio‧nal

Adjective

multidimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural multidimensionales)

  1. (geometry) multidimensional, pluridimensional
    Synonym: pluridimensional
    • 2015 July 23, ““Sólo el 2% de universitarios africanos estudia agricultura””, in El País:
      A nivel nacional estamos trabajando con varios países en la elaboración de estudios país multidimensionales como en Uruguay y Costa de Marfil.
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