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], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, 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.si.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster) /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.di.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], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 14 September 2026:
                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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