1 a measurement in space for example, the height, width or length of sth:
We measured the dimensions of the kitchen. * Computer design tools that work in three dimensions.
seealsoTHEFOURTHDIMENSION
2 [usuallypl.] the size and extent of a situation:
a problem of considerable dimensions
3 an aspect, or way of looking at or thinking about sth:
Her job added a new dimension to her life. * the social dimension of unemployment
4 (-dimensional) (in adjectives) having the number of dimensions mentioned:
a multi-dimensional model
seealsoTHREE-DIMENSIONAL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL
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