dimensional

Of or pertaining to dimensions.

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to dimensions.
  2. Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
    • There is the world dimensional for those untwisted by the love of things irreconcilable - 1926, Hart Crane, For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen:

    1. (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".

      • 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...
  3. Pertaining to dimensional lumber: having a standardized, nominal width and depth, which may differ from the actual width and depth.
    • dimensional boards, dimensional sizes, dimensional wood

Origin

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.

Forms

more dimensional most dimensional

Hyponyms

codimensional dimensionalization dimensionalize dimensionally eleven-dimensional (11-dimensional) equidimensional finite-dimensional five-dimensional (5-dimensional) four-dimensional (4-dimensional) heterodimensional higher-dimensional hyperdimensional infinite-dimensional intradimensional microdimensional monodimensional multidimensional n-dimensional omnidimensional one-dimensional (1-dimensional) pandimensional polydimensional subdimensional three-dimensional (3-dimensional)

Derived

codimensional co-dimensional dimensional analysis dimensionalization dimensionalisation dimensionalize dimensionalise dimensional lumber dimensionally dimensional shingle dimensional stability dimensional stone eleven-dimensional (11-dimensional) equidimensional extradimensional extra-dimensional finite-dimensional five-dimensional (5-dimensional) four-dimensional (4-dimensional) heterodimensional higher-dimensional hyperdimensional hyper-dimensional infinite-dimensional