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Having length, but no width, height or depth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
- A straight line is one-dimensional.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Lacking depth or believability; flat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable, usually
Examples
- one-dimensional characters
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Lacking personal depth and substance; conceited, vain, shallow, superficial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: linear
Antonyms: none provided
relating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope- Mary Sheehan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a prose statement of fact is unidimensional, its value being measured wholly in terms of its truth
- a novel with one-dimensional characters
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unidimensional
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
一維的 /一维的
(yīwéi de)
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Czech:
jednorozměrný
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Finnish:
yksiulotteinen
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Galician:
unidimensional
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Georgian:
ერთგანზომილებიანი
(ertganzomilebiani)
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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German:
eindimensional
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Hungarian:
egydimenziós
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Irish:
aontoiseach
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Italian:
unidimensionale
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Japanese:
一次元の
(ichijigen no)
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Korean:
영차원의
(yeongchawon-ui)
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Māori:
ahutahi
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Norwegian Bokmål:
endimensjonal
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
eindimensjonal
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Polish:
jednowymiarowy
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Portuguese:
unidimensional
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Romanian:
unidimensional
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Spanish:
unidimensional
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Swedish:
endimensionell
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Tagalog:
iisahing sukod
— having length, but no width, height or depth
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Chinese Mandarin:
扁平
(biǎnpíng)
— figuratively, lacking depth or believability
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Chinese Mandarin:
單維 /单维
(dānwéi)
— figuratively, lacking depth or believability
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Georgian:
ერთგანზომილებიანი
(ertganzomilebiani)
— figuratively, lacking depth or believability
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German:
eindimensional
— figuratively, lacking depth or believability
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Norwegian Bokmål:
endimensjonal
— figuratively, lacking depth or believability
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
eindimensjonal
— figuratively, lacking depth or believability
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Polish:
jednowymiarowy
— figuratively, lacking depth or believability
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Swedish:
endimensionell
— figuratively, lacking depth or believability
