multidimensional

multidimensional

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From multi- + dimensional.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

    multidimensional (not comparable)

    1. Having multiple dimensions (aspects).
      • 1996, Raya Dunayevskaya, Women's Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution, →ISBN, page 230:
        Rosa's whole life as a revolutionary, as a theoretician, as a multidimensional woman, was so preoccupied with the spontaneity of revolution []
      • 2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 8 June 2019:
        Even for El’s supportive parents, conceiving of gender as a multidimensional sprawl has not been so easy to grasp.
      1. (mathematics) Having more than two dimensions.
    2. Crossing through or existing in multiple dimensions (spacial planes).
      • 1998, Judith Bennett, Sex Signs, →ISBN, page 336:
        The Cosmic Woman is an integrated, multidimensional woman who has crossed both the Zodiacal and cosmic planes.

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    Noun

    multidimensional (plural multidimensionals)

    1. (science fiction, New Age religion) A being that exists in more than one dimension

    Galician

    Etymology

    From multi- +‎ dimensional.

    Adjective

    multidimensional m or f (plural multidimensionais)

    1. multidimensional, pluridimensional
      Synonym: pluridimensional

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    From multi- +‎ dimensional.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmuw.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.mẽ.si.oˈnaw/ [ˌmuʊ̯.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.mẽ.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˌmuw.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.mẽ.sjoˈnaw/ [ˌmuʊ̯.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.mẽ.sjoˈnaʊ̯]
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmul.ti.di.mẽ.sjuˈnal/ [ˌmuɫ.ti.ði.mẽ.sjuˈnaɫ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmul.ti.di.mẽ.sjuˈna.li/ [ˌmuɫ.ti.ði.mẽ.sjuˈna.li]

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

    Adjective

    multidimensional m or f (plural multidimensionais)

    1. multidimensional, pluridimensional
      Synonym: pluridimensional

    Derived terms

    • multidimensionalidade
    • multidimensionalmente

    Further reading

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French multidimensionnel. By surface analysis, multi- +‎ dimensional.

    Adjective

    multidimensional m or n (feminine singular multidimensională, masculine plural multidimensionali, feminine/neuter plural multidimensionale)

    1. multidimensional

    Declension

    Declension of multidimensional
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative
    indefinite multidimensional multidimensională multidimensionali multidimensionale
    definite multidimensionalul multidimensionala multidimensionalii multidimensionalele
    genitive-
    dative
    indefinite multidimensional multidimensionale multidimensionali multidimensionale
    definite multidimensionalului multidimensionalei multidimensionalilor multidimensionalelor

    Spanish

    Etymology

    From multi- +‎ dimensional.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /multidimensjoˈnal/ [mul̪.t̪i.ð̞i.mẽn.sjoˈnal]
    • Rhymes: -al
    • Syllabification: mul‧ti‧di‧men‧sio‧nal

    Adjective

    multidimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural multidimensionales)

    1. (geometry) multidimensional, pluridimensional
      Synonym: pluridimensional
      • 2015 July 23, ““Sólo el 2% de universitarios africanos estudia agricultura””, in El País[2]:
        A nivel nacional estamos trabajando con varios países en la elaboración de estudios país multidimensionales como en Uruguay y Costa de Marfil.
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