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  • noun Plural form of dimension.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dimension.

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Examples

  • The practice of drawing and painting offers the student the following problem in descriptive geometry: _to represent the three dimensions of space by means of a plane surface of two dimensions_.

    Chinese Painters A Critical Study Raphael Petrucci 1906

  • I'm looking for real-life experience in dimensions we care about, Mr. Hawkins says.

    Help Wanted Diana Middleton 2010

  • Even I know that poverty of huge dimensions is noticeable in the [Caribbean] Coast, me being a common citizen.

    Global Voices in English » Colombia: Cyber-Politics for the 2010 Elections 2009

  • But the advanced search is brilliant - gaming wallpapers with an aspect ratio of 16: 10 at least 1680x1050 in dimensions?

    The Super Mario Desktop | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • We have had very uncongenial weather lately for aeirial music, but I beg you to remember, Sir, that if by your change of abode the Harp in dimensions becomes wrong, you are at liberty to change it at a future time, if undeface'd.

    Letter 218 2009

  • The most commonly used method to determine the structure of molecules in three dimensions is X-ray crystallography.

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010

  • If having to calculate the area of a room from its dimensions is too much to ask of high school graduates, I'm starting to think that the people constructing these arguments are, in fact, arguing for a high school diplomat to be a certificate of attendance, a verification of age.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway 2009

  • The trip across dimensions is so difficult it triggers the regeneration to Eleven.

    Doctor Who Smattering of Spoilers honorh 2009

  • In reality, the correlation among race, intelligence and genital dimensions is well established.

    Matthew Yglesias » Haiti 2010

  • In modern string theory, the space representing the six hidden dimensions is a space of three complex dimensions known as a Calabi-Yau space.

    Are Changes Brewing and How Does the Mind Fit In? 2008

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