dimensionality

di·men·sion  (d-mnshn, d-)

n.

1. A measure of spatial extent, especially width, height, or length.

2. Extent or magnitude; scope. Often used in the plural: a problem of alarming dimensions.

3. Aspect; element: "He's a good newsman, and he has that extra dimension" (William S. Paley).

4. Mathematics

a. The least number of independent coordinates required to specify uniquely the points in a space.

b. The range of such a coordinate.

5. Physics A physical property, such as mass, length, time, or a combination thereof, regarded as a fundamental measure or as one of a set of fundamental measures of a physical quantity: Velocity has the dimensions of length divided by time.

tr.v. di·men·sioned, di·men·sion·ing, di·men·sions

1. To cut or shape to specified dimensions.

2. To mark with specified dimensions.

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[Middle English dimensioun, from Latin dmnsi, dmnsin-, extent, from dmnsus, past participle of dmtr, to measure out : d-, dis-, dis- + mtr, to measure; see m-² in Indo-European roots.]

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di·mension·al adj.

di·mension·ali·ty (-sh-nl-t) n.

di·mension·al·ly adv.

di·mension·less adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dimensionality - the spatial property of having dimensions; "all matter has dimensionality" spatial property, spatiality - any property relating to or occupying space linearity, one-dimensionality - the property of having one dimension flatness, planeness, two-dimensionality - the property of having two dimensions third-dimensionality, three-dimensionality - the property of having three dimensions