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dimension

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
daɪˈmɛn.ʃən

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.

Equivalents

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Azərbaycan diliölçü
Беларускаяпамер
বাংলামাত্রা
Catalàdimensió
Ελληνικάδιάσταση
Esperantodimensio
Eestimoode
Gaeilgegnétoise
Gàidhligtomhas
עבריתממד
Bahasa Indonesiadimensimatra
Íslenskavídd
한국어차원치수
Kurdîaspektmat
Latinadimensio
Bahasa Melayudimensi
Portuguêsdimensão
Tagalogsukod
Türkçeboyutevren
Українськавимірро́змір

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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