different between dimensional vs orthant

English

Etymology

From dimension +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??m?n??n?l/, /da?-/, /-?n?l/
• Hyphenation: di?men?sion?al, di?men?sional

Adjective

dimensional (comparative more dimensional, superlative most dimensional)

1. Of or pertaining to dimensions.
2. (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
   • 1926, Hart Crane, "For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen"

     There is the world dimensional for those untwisted by the love of things irreconcilable

   1. (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".

Usage notes

• Often used as a combining form.

Hyponyms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• indolamines, melanoidins, nominalised

Catalan

Etymology

dimensió +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /di.m?n.si.o?nal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /di.m?n.si.u?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /di.men.si.o?nal/

Adjective

dimensional (masculine and feminine plural dimensionals)

1. dimensional

Derived terms

Further reading

• “dimensional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dimensional” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “dimensional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dimensional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From dimensión +? -al.

Adjective

dimensional m or f (plural dimensionais)

1. dimensional

Hyponyms

Further reading

• “dimensional” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

dimensional (not comparable)

1. dimensional

Declension

Hyponyms

Portuguese

Etymology

From dimensão, dimensões +? -al.

Adjective

dimensional m or f (plural dimensionais, comparable)

1. dimensional

Hyponyms

Spanish

Etymology

From dimensión +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dimensjo?nal/, [d?i.m?n.sjo?nal]

Adjective

dimensional (plural dimensionales)

1. dimensional

Hyponyms

Further reading

• “dimensional” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Noun

orthant (plural orthants)

1. (geometry) A n-dimensional generalization of the quadrant (in two-dimensional Cartesian space) and octant (in three-dimensional space).
   • 1992, Hal R. Varian, Microeconomic Analysis (3rd ed.), Norton, p. 114

     Consider preferences defined over the nonnegative orthant by ${\displaystyle (x_{1},x_{2})\succ (y_{1},y_{2})}$ if ${\displaystyle x_{1}+x_{2}<y_{1}+y_{2}}$ […]

Synonyms

• hyperoctant