dimension

dimension is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 11 senses

Definitions

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. magnitude or extent

   "a building of vast proportions"

   Synonyms: proportion

7. noun. the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
8. noun. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

   "self-confidence is not an endearing property"

   Synonyms: attribute, property

9. noun. one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space
10. verb. shape or form to required dimensions
11. verb. indicate the dimensions on

    "These techniques permit us to dimension the human heart"

Synonyms

proportion, attribute, property

Common word forms

dimensions, dimensional, dimensioned, dimensioning, dimensionless

Words from these letters

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