dimension : Idioms & Phrases
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Dimension lumber , Dimension scantling , ∨ Dimension stock
(Carp.) , lumber for building, etc., cut to the sizes usually in demand, or to special sizes as ordered.
Webster 1913
Dimension stone
- stone delivered from the quarry rough, but brought to such sizes as are requisite for cutting to dimensions given.
Webster 1913
fourth dimension
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noun the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
time.
WordNet
Space of dimension
- extension that has length but no breadth or thickness; a straight or curved line.
Webster 1913
Space of four dimensions
- as imaginary kind of extension, which is assumed to have length, breadth, thickness, and also a fourth imaginary dimension. Space of five or six, or more dimensions is also sometimes assumed in mathematics.
Webster 1913
Space of three dimensions
- extension which has length, breadth, and thickness; a solid.
Webster 1913
Space of two dimensions
- extension which has length and breadth, but no thickness; a plane or curved surface.
Webster 1913
third dimension
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noun the dimension whereby a solid object differs from a two-dimensional drawing of it
