dimensionful

dimensionful

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
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
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós
Proto-Germanic *fullaz
Proto-Germanic *-fullaz
Old English -ful
Middle English -ful
English -ful
English dimensionful

    From dimension +‎ -ful. Coined in technical writing c. 1960 as antonym of dimensionless.

    Adjective

    dimensionful (not comparable)

    1. (mathematics) Possessing dimension

    Synonyms

    Antonyms

    Translations

    See also

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.