Meanings
- not comparableWith regard to dimension.
At the petabyte scale, information is not a matter of simple three- and four-dimensional taxonomy and order but of dimensionally agnostic statistics.
2008 June 23, Chris Anderson, “The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete”, in WIRED, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Feb 20161 more example
With the new chemical treatment methods and ultradrastic kiln schedules, it is possible to start with green walnut and produce a superior (dimensionally stable) kiln dry rifle stock in only 30 days, as compared with the 90 to 120 days the industry normally takes just to dry a gunstock blank by conventional practices..
1960, United States Forest Service, Report of the Chief of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Proto-Italic*mētis
- Latinmētior
- Latindīmētior
- Latindīmēnsiō
- Englishdimension
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdimensional
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishdimensionally
From dimensional + -ly.
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