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fourth dimension

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fourth dimension
n.
Time regarded as a coordinate dimension and required by relativity theory, along with three spatial dimensions, to specify completely the location of any event.
fourth dimension
n
1. (Physics / General Physics) the dimension of time, which is necessary in addition to three spatial dimensions to specify fully the position and behaviour of a point or particle
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the concept in science fiction of a dimension in addition to three spatial dimensions, used to explain supranatural phenomena, events, etc.
fourth-dimensional  adj
fourth dimension  (fôrth)
Time regarded as a coordinate dimension. A fourth dimension is required by relativity theory, along with three spatial dimensions, to specify completely the location of any event.
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Noun1.fourth dimension - the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
time
dimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
Translations
fourth dimension n the fourth dimension → la quarta dimensione
fourth dimension n the fourth dimension → la quarta dimensione


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`Really this is what is meant by the Fourth Dimension, though some people who talk about the Fourth Dimension do not know they mean it.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
Or if this postulate is as untenable as all the others, still I am very glad that I did not then lose any fact of the majesty, and beauty, and pathos of the great certain measures for the sake of that fourth dimension of the poem which is not yet made palpable or visible.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Among themselves they communicate by means of what Perry says must be a sixth sense which is cognizant of a fourth dimension.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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