codimension

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin co-der.

English co-

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 codimension

From co- + dimension.

codimension (plural codimensions)

(mathematics) The difference between the dimension of a space and the dimension of a given subspace of the first one.
(computing) A scope that indicates another variable of the same name and type is assigned to the local memory of each image.