dimension

Forms

1.A single aspect of a given thing.
- This film can be enjoyed on many dimensions - the script is great, the acting is realistic, and the special effects will simply take you aback.
2.A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
- However, tubes of the same dimensions also look like solid cylinders, because their ovals are automatically treated as the top or bottom faces of solids.
3.A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
4.The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.

1.To specify the size of (an array or similar data structure); to allocate.
- Dimension an array to hold only as much data as you intend to put into it.
2.To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.
- The first sixty argam form the basis for my own sexagesimal use, in the accounting of my business and in the dimensioning of buildings.
- “The shape seems simple,” Bruce Leep said. “But very precise dimensioning is required. It was difficult to figure out how all of these angles come together.”
- 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.

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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 *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō