Definition:
				
				
				- (n.) Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom.
 
				
				- (n.) Extent; reach; scope; importance; as, a project of large dimensions.
 
				
				- (n.) The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension.
 
				
				- (n.) A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to degree with the ordinal; thus, a2b2c is a term of five dimensions, or of the fifth degree.
 
				
				- (n.) The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical quantities.
 
				
				
			
			
			
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			dimension vs. type
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. facet
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. mode
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. thickness
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. layer
			
			
			
			
			
			dead vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. undersparred
			
			
			
			
			
			chumpy vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. scenography
			
			
			
			
			
			adimensional vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. teinoscope
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. layout
			
			
			
			
			
			component vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. unit
			
			
			
			
			
			area vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. direction
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. vision
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. domain
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. measurement
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. scaling
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. stereography
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. scantling
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. lamination
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. dimensionless
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. jagged
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. lengthy
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. isometric
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. reach
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. foliation
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. tensor
			
			
			
			
			
			applicant vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			binary vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. plan
			
			
			
			
			
			center vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. respect
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. linear
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. flat
			
			
			
			
			
			ball vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. run
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. shape
			
			
			
			
			
			cut vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. mark
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. dimensional
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. property
			
			
			
			
			
			attribute vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. scope
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. magnitude
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. size
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. proportion
			
			
			
			
			
			array vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. time
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. length
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. mass
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. fundamental
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. physical
			
			
			
			
			
			basis vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. point
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. space
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. unique
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. specify
			
			
			
			
			
			coordinate vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. independent
			
			
			
			
			
			depth vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			breadth vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. width
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. height
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. measure
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. spatial
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. extent
			
			
			
			
			
			aspect vs. dimension
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. face
			
			
			
			
			
			dimension vs. thick