noun
Meaning 1
The state or characteristic of possessing dimensions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dimensionality
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /daɪˌmɛn.ʃəˈnæl.ɪ.tɪ/
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General-American: /dɪˌmɛn.ʃəˈnæl.ə.tɪ/
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General-American: [dɪˌmɛn.ʃəˈnæl.ə.ɾɪ]
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General-American: /daɪˌmɛn.ʃəˈnæl.ə.tɪ/
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General-American: [daɪˌmɛn.ʃəˈnæl.ə.ɾɪ]
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rhymes with -ælɪti
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 M EH2 N SH AH0 N AE1 L AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The number of dimensions something has.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the spatial property of having dimensions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- all matter has dimensionality
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spatial property, spatiality
Narrower terms: one-dimensionality, linearity, two-dimensionality, flatness, planeness, three-dimensionality, third-dimensionality
History
Etymology
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 Latin dīmēnsiōder. English dimension English -ality English dimensionality From dimension + -ality.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ulotteisuus — state or characteristic
- French: dimensionnalité — state or characteristic
- German: Dimensionalität — state or characteristic
- Romanian: dimensionalitate — state or characteristic
- Swedish: dimensionalitet — state or characteristic
- Finnish: dimensionaalisuus — number of dimensions of something
- French: dimensionnalité — number of dimensions of something
- German: Dimensionalität — number of dimensions of something
- Polish: liczba wymiarów — number of dimensions of something
- Romanian: dimensionalitate — number of dimensions of something
- Swedish: dimensionalitet — number of dimensions of something