Dimension

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

Extent; reach; scope; importance; as, a project of large dimensions.

3. Noun

The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension.

4. Noun

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.

5. Noun

The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical quantities.

6. Noun

A measurable extent of some kind, such as length, breadth, or height

7. Noun

magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions"
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8. Noun

the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
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9. Noun

a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
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10. Verb

shape or form to required dimensions
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