dimensional

From dimension + -al.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/, [daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nɫ̩], /dɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/, [dɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nɫ̩]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmen.ʃə.nəl/, [dɪˈmen.ʃə.nɫ̩], /dɑeˈmen.ʃə.nəl/, [dɑeˈmen.ʃə.nɫ̩]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dəˈmen.ʃə.nəl/, [dəˈmen.ʃə.nɫ̩], /dɑeˈmen.ʃə.nəl/, [dɑeˈmen.ʃə.nɫ̩]
• Hyphenation: di‧men‧sion‧al, di‧men‧sional

dimensional (comparative more dimensional, superlative most dimensional)

1. Of or pertaining to dimensions.
2. (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
   • 1926, Hart Crane, For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen:

     There is the world dimensional for those untwisted by the love of things irreconcilable

   1. (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".
      • 1996, Richard Courant with Herbert Robbins and Ian Stewart, What is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods, page 227:

        What is the meaning of an n-dimensional space when n is greater than three, and what purposes can it serve?

3. Pertaining to dimensional lumber: having a standardized, nominal width and depth, which may differ from the actual width and depth.

   dimensional boards, dimensional sizes, dimensional wood

• Often used as a combining form.

• indolamines, melanoidins, nominalised

From dimensió +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.mən.si.uˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.mən.si.oˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.men.si.oˈnal]

dimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural dimensionals)

1. dimensional

   Hyponyms: bidimensional, quadridimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

• “dimensional”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “dimensional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “dimensional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dimensional”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From dimensión +‎ -al.

dimensional m or f (plural dimensionais)

1. dimensional

   Hyponyms: adimensional, bidimensional, cuadridimensional, multidimensional, pluridimensional, tetradimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

• “dimensional”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

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dimensional (strong nominative masculine singular dimensionaler, not comparable)

1. dimensional

   Hyponyms: eindimensional, zweidimensional, dreidimensional, vierdimensional, mehrdimensional, multidimensional

• 2-dimensional
• 3-dimensional
• interdimensional

• “dimensional”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “dimensional” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

From dimensão, dimensões +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: di‧men‧si‧o‧nal

dimensional m or f (plural dimensionais)

1. dimensional

   Hyponyms: adimensional, bidimensional, multidimensional, pluridimensional, quadridimensional, tetradimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

• “dimensional”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dimensional”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “dimensional”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “dimensional”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “dimensional”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from German dimensional or French dimensionnel. By surface analysis, dimensiune +‎ -al.

dimensional m or n (feminine singular dimensională, masculine plural dimensionali, feminine/neuter plural dimensionale)

1. dimensional

From dimensión +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /dimensjoˈnal/ [d̪i.mẽn.sjoˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: di‧men‧sio‧nal

dimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural dimensionales)

1. dimensional

   Hyponyms: adimensional, bidimensional, cuadridimensional, cuatridimensional, multidimensional, pluridimensional, tetradimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

• “dimensional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025