Meanings
- not comparablemathematicsHaving an arbitrary number of dimensions.
1 more example
We now have good reason to question the pursuits of the vaunted innovators with whom Liu consorted in California – the blissed-out cultists at Google, whose only worry is over “the wrong kind of sparkling water in the microkitchens”, or the manic experts who specialise in “envisioning hyperplanes in n-dimensional space”.
2020 April 7, Peter Conrad, “Abolish Silicon Valley by Wendy Liu review – rebooting our reality”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2025
Origin
- Englishn-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Proto-Italic*mētis
- Latinmētior
- Latindīmētior
- Latindīmēnsiō
- Englishdimension
- Englishdimensional
- Englishn-dimensional
From n- (“number”) + dimensional.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin N維的 /N维的
- N維的 /N维的 (N-wéi de)having arbitrary number of dimensions
Finnish n-ulotteinen
- n-ulotteinenhaving arbitrary number of dimensions
French n-dimensionnel
- n-dimensionnelhaving arbitrary number of dimensions
German n-dimensional
- n-dimensionalhaving arbitrary number of dimensions
Japanese N次元の
- N次元の (N-jigen no)having arbitrary number of dimensions
Korean N차원의
- N차원의 (Nchawon-ui)having arbitrary number of dimensions
Polish n-wymiarowy
- n-wymiarowyhaving arbitrary number of dimensions
Romanian n-dimensional
- n-dimensionalhaving arbitrary number of dimensions
Russian n-ме́рный
- n-ме́рный (n-mérnyj)having arbitrary number of dimensions
Swedish n-dimensionell
- n-dimensionellhaving arbitrary number of dimensions
Cite this entry
n-dimensional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/n-dimensional
“n-dimensional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/n-dimensional. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “n-dimensional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/n-dimensional.
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