dimension

B2 Topic:Mathematics & Measurement

US /dɪˈmɛn.ʃən/ UK /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #6682

Meanings

1

noun
A measurement such as length, width, or height.

Please check the dimensions of the table before you buy it.
2

noun
One particular part or aspect of a situation or thing.

This decision adds a whole new dimension to the problem.
3

noun
An imagined world or plane of existence different from our own.

In the film, the portal leads to another dimension.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a measurement such as... magnitude proportion size

2 noun · one particular part or... aspect

Word family

Forms dimensions

Derived forms codimensiondimensionable dimensionaldimensionalitydimensionfuldimensionlessdimensionwiseeigendimensionfour-dimensionalmultidimensionalnanodimensionone-dimensional

Related forms hyperdimension

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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fourth dimension
the additional coordinate, commonly time, needed with three spatial coordinates to describe an event

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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 *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin dīmēnsiōder. English dimension Derived from Latin dīmēnsiō.

Topics

Mathematics & Measurement

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# dimension

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈmɛn.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 6682

## Meanings
1. A measurement such as length, width, or height.
2. One particular part or aspect of a situation or thing.
3. An imagined world or plane of existence different from our own.

## Examples
- Please check the dimensions of the table before you buy it.
- This decision adds a whole new dimension to the problem.
- In the film, the portal leads to another dimension.

## Derived Forms
- codimension
- dimensionable
- dimensional
- dimensionality
- dimensionful
- dimensionless
- dimensionwise
- eigendimension
- four-dimensional
- multidimensional
- nanodimension
- one-dimensional

## Related Forms
- hyperdimension

## Etymology
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 *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin dīmēnsiōder. English dimension Derived from Latin dīmēnsiō.

## AI Etymology
Dimension is derived from Latin dīmēnsiō. As a noun, the word names a person, thing, state, or result associated with the older form rather than introducing a separate visible root. In use as a noun, dimension denotes a measurement such as length, width, or height, one particular part or aspect of a situation or thing, and an imagined world or plane of existence different from our own. The same word family continues in derived forms such as codimension, dimensionable, dimensional, and dimensionality and related entries such as hyperdimension.

## Topics
- Mathematics & Measurement

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