adj
Meaning 1
Having multiple dimensions (aspects).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
multidimensional
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adj
Meaning 2
Having multiple dimensions (aspects).
Having more than two dimensions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Crossing through or existing in multiple dimensions (spacial planes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 4
A being that exists in more than one dimension
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Age
Topics: lifestyle, literature, media, publishing, religion, science-fiction
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Meaning relationships
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adjective
Meaning 5
having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- multidimensional problems
- a multidimensional proposition
- a multidimensional personality
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unidimensional
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- 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 -al English dimensional English multidimensional From multi- + dimensional.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: vícerozměrný — having more than two dimensions
- Danish: flerdimensional — having more than two dimensions
- Estonian: mitmemõõtmeline — having more than two dimensions
- Estonian: mitmedimensiooniline — having more than two dimensions
- Finnish: moniulotteinen — having more than two dimensions
- French: multidimensionnel — having more than two dimensions
- French: pluridimensionnel — having more than two dimensions
- Galician: multidimensional — having more than two dimensions
- Galician: pluridimensional — having more than two dimensions
- Georgian: მრავალგანზომილებიანი (mravalganzomilebiani) — having more than two dimensions
- German: multidimensional — having more than two dimensions
- German: mehrdimensional — having more than two dimensions
- Greek: πολυδιάστατος (polydiástatos) — having more than two dimensions
- Hungarian: többdimenziós — having more than two dimensions
- Hungarian: sokdimenziós — having more than two dimensions
- Latvian: daudzdimensiju — having more than two dimensions
- Latvian: daudzdimensionāls — having more than two dimensions
- Māori: ahumaha — having more than two dimensions
- Polish: wielowymiarowy — having more than two dimensions
- Portuguese: multidimensional — having more than two dimensions
- Portuguese: pluridimensional — having more than two dimensions
- Romanian: multidimensional — having more than two dimensions
- Russian: многоме́рный (mnogomérnyj) — having more than two dimensions
- Spanish: multidimensional — having more than two dimensions
- Spanish: pluridimensional — having more than two dimensions
- Swedish: flerdimensionell — having more than two dimensions
- Ukrainian: багатови́мірний (bahatovýmirnyj) — having more than two dimensions
- Vietnamese: đa chiều — having more than two dimensions
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