dimensional

Etymology

From dimension + -al.

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to dimensions.
  2. (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
    There is the world dimensional for those untwisted by the love of things irreconcilable 1926, Hart Crane, For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen
    1. (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".
      What is the meaning of an n-dimensional space when n is greater than three, and what purposes can it serve? 1996, Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins, Ian Stewart, What is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods, page 227

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