Meaning of dimension | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A single aspect of a given thing.
2. dimension (a single aspect of a given thing)
3. A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
4. dimension (a measure of spatial extent in a particular direction)
5. A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
6. scale, scope, extent
7. The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
8. The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
9. One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
10. Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
11. A universe or plane of existence.

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Examples

“This film can be enjoyed on many dimensions - the script is great, the acting is realistic, and the special effects will simply take⟳ you aback.”

“However, tubes of the same dimensions also look⟳ like⟳ solid cylinders, because their ovals are automatically treated as the top or bottom faces of solids.”

“I can tell⟳ you that in your universe you move⟳ freely in three dimensions that you call⟳ space. […] After that it gets a bit complicated, and there's all sort⟳ of stuff going on in dimensions thirteen to twenty-two that you really wouldn't want⟳ to know⟳ about.”

“We live⟳ our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate⟳ on scales outside of human experience⟳: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.”

“The dimension of velocity is length divided by time.”

“a machine that lets you travel⟳ to a parallel dimension.”

“"If a man should wish⟳ to be in some other place⟳, it is entirely possible for him to imagine⟳ himself in that place⟳ and, diving back through the negative dimension, to emerge⟳ out of it in that place⟳ with instantaneous rapidity. To imagine⟳ oneself———"”

“DR. PAUL MANHEIM: I have⟳ been on the other side. I have⟳ touched another dimension. Part of me is still there. LAURA MANHEIM: Help⟳ him. DR. CRUSHER: Try⟳ to stay⟳ calm Dr. Manheim. I don't think⟳ it's going to help⟳ you're struggling against it. DR. PAUL MANHEIM: My mind⟳ is floating between two places. It is difficult to know⟳ which is which. There is no way to explain⟳ it.”

“He was experimenting with matter⟳ transportation through the nth dimension.”

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