dimension
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
2. (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
3. (physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.Examples: "The dimension of velocity is length divided by time."
4. (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
5. (science fiction, fantasy) A universe or plane of existence.Examples: "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."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.Examples: "Nameless and formless the Spirit within shines forth, unconditioned and everlasting. What name is befitting the soul? How shall Infinite Effulgence be manifested? Too great a light blinds the senses. Too great a truth is too exhilarating for the student. The boundless, infinite Sentience, incomprehensibly dimensioned in Being and Intelligence, rests Unseen and Unthinkable in the shore of His Own omnipresent and superomnipresent consciousness."; "The mechanical drawing artist almost automatically lays down a triangle in order to draw a line in the desired place. Data entry for AutoCAD, by contrast, requires you to think in terms of coordinate positions rather than in the customary patterns of dimensioning."; "Some people muse over real estate listings in the Sunday paper, looking at floor plans for apartments they could never afford, looking at an idea of what their life might be like with a properly dimensioned foyer."transitive
2. (transitive, programming) To specify the size of (an array or similar data structure); to allocate.Examples: "Dimension an array to hold only as much data as you intend to put into it."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary