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bigness
English
Etymology
From big +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?b??n?s/
Noun
bigness (countable and uncountable, plural bignesses)
- (now rare) Size. [from 15th c.]
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, Act II, Scene 1, [1]
- Mine old lord, whiles he liv'd, was so precise,
- That he would take exceptions at my buttons,
- And, being like pins' heads, blame me for the bigness;
- Which made me curate-like in mine attire,
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II, lines 1051-3, [2]
- And, fast by, hanging in a golden chain,
- This pendent World, in bigness as a star
- Of smallest magnitude close by the moon.
- 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks, London: William Innys, 1730, Book 3, Part I, p. 346, [3]
- Do not several sorts of Rays make Vibrations of several bignesses, which according to their bignesses excite Sensations of several Colours, much after the manner that the Vibrations of the Air, according to their several bignesses excite Sensations of several Sounds?
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part I, Chapter VI, [4]
- […] the tallest horses and oxen are between four and five inches in height, the sheep an inch and half, more or less: their geese about the bigness of a sparrow, and so the several gradations downwards till you come to the smallest, which to my sight, were almost invisible […]
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, Act II, Scene 1, [1]
- The characteristic of being big. [from 15th c.]
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of Small, "Art and the House," [6]
- They liked what they liked—would tolerate no innovations. My change in thought and expression had angered them into fierce denouncement. To expose a thing deeper than its skin surface was to them an indecency. They ridiculed my striving for bigness, depth.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of Small, "Art and the House," [6]
Anagrams
- besings, sigbens
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dimension
English
Etymology
From Latin d?mensio, d?mensi?nis.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /da??m?n??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??m?n??n/, /da??m?n??n/
- Rhymes: -?n??n
Noun
dimension (plural dimensions)
- A single aspect of a given thing.
- A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
- A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
- (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
- (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
- (physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
- (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
- (science fiction, fantasy) A universe or plane of existence.
Synonyms
- (single aspect of a thing): aspect
- (measure of spatial extent): magnitude, proportion, size, scope
- (construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished): attribute, property
Derived terms
Related terms
- hyperdimension
Translations
Verb
dimension (third-person singular simple present dimensions, present participle dimensioning, simple past and past participle dimensioned)
- (transitive) To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.
Translations
Anagrams
- minisonde
Esperanto
Noun
dimension
- accusative singular of dimensio
Finnish
Noun
dimension
- genitive singular of dimensio
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?mensio, d?mensi?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.m??.sj??/
Noun
dimension f (plural dimensions)
- dimension
Further reading
- “dimension” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- mendiions
- ondinisme
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin d?mensio. Attested from the 14th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
dimension f (plural dimensions)
- dimension
Related terms
- dimensional
- dimensionar
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