dimensionwise

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adjective

In terms of dimensions.

OriginProto-Germanic *wīsaz ← Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós ← English dimension →
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Meanings

adjectivedimensionwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn terms of dimensions.

    dimensionwise application of the integral group ring functor

    1989, Simon Salamon, Brian Steer, Wilson Alexander Sutherland, Advances in Homotopy Theory, page 57
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    Then a dimensionwise heuristic and a vectorwise heuristic are applied sequentially.

    2009, Marina Lipshteyn, Vadim E. Levit, Ross McConnell, Graph Theory, Computational Intelligence and Thought, page 104

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  8. Proto-Italic*mētis
  9. Latinmētior
  10. Latindīmētior
  11. Latindīmēnsiō
  12. Englishdimension
  13. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  15. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-s-ós
  16. Proto-Germanic*wīsaz
  17. Englishdimensionwise

From dimension + -wise.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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