adj
Meaning 1
one-dimensional
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unidimensional
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adjective
Meaning 2
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: one-dimensional
Antonyms: multidimensional
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- 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 unidimensional From uni- + dimensional.