Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having any number, n, of dimensions: as, an n-dimensional space.
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- adjective mathematics Having n
dimensions .
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Examples
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Does jwest understand multivarients and n-dimensional systems?
Think Progress » Former GOP Congressman J.C. Watts: ‘Social programs’ are the ‘new slavery.’ 2010
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Since we cannot directly visualize objects in n-dimensional space, Poincaré asked whether there is a test for recognizing when a shape is the three-sphere by performing measurements and other operations inside the shape.
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Number of points in n-dimensional space in a volume of any size at all around the optimal point: uncountable.
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The definition answers the others: the “equilibrium” would be defined as the point on the n-dimensional graph of policy choices, housing size, housing location, housing quality, etc. that resulted in the highest net satisfaction.
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The definition answers the others: the “equilibrium” would be defined as the point on the n-dimensional graph of policy choices, housing size, housing location, housing quality, etc. that resulted in the highest net satisfaction.
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His carping critics don't realize that he's playing a subtle, n-dimensional chess game that's beyond the comprehension of mere mortals.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Obama's Enablers, Obama's Adversaries, and the Fight to Save the New Deal RJ 2010
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His carping critics don't realize that he's playing a subtle, n-dimensional chess game that's beyond the comprehension of mere mortals.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Obama's Enablers, Obama's Adversaries, and the Fight to Save the New Deal RJ 2010
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Just imagine n-dimensional space and set n to whatever you want.
Why Can’t We Visualize More Than Three Dimensions? Sean 2009
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Intuitively, the space of Kaldor-Hicks improvements is so much larger than the space of Pareto improvements see this graph and imagine an n-dimensional space with n=population, that it seems very unlikely that a random sequence of Kaldor-Hicks improvements will happen to constitute a Pareto improvement.
Are Grotesque Hypotheticals Cheap Shots?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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White girl, half his age, red hair cut into some sort of n-dimensional shape that confused him and made him feel old.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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