Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having only two dimensions, especially length and width.
- adjective Lacking the requisite or expected range or depth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Existing in two
dimensions . - adjective Not creating the illusion of
depth .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective involving two dimensions
- adjective lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
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Examples
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This is a strange, liminal object: a maypole bedecked with slim red and black ribbons and chains from which hang aluminium plaques bearing grisly two-dimensional images of severed heads.
Nancy Spero: no pity 2011
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Whether that is depth of thought, narrative or something else entirely, even though they're displayed in 2D, we want them to have more than two-dimensional.
The Path For Art Games SVGL 2009
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While the entertainment world goes mad for 3D, science is abuzz with the vast potential of this purely two-dimensional matter: it is 100 times stronger than steel, conducts electricity better than copper, and might one day displace silicon from the chip.
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Gaiman does describe the characters and environment well, but because of the two-dimensional nature it feels wasted.
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The errors in bad comics are similar to the errors in bad screenplays — mostly related to poor story structure, two-dimensional characters, or predictable endings.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 15 Questions with Bob Heske 2009
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With that, I humbly extend my deepest apologies — to you, Mr. Eric Theodore Cartman — for deigning to compare the one-dimensional folk we're besieged with in reality to the much more emotionally complex and two-dimensional ... you.
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With that, I humbly extend my deepest apologies — to you, Mr. Eric Theodore Cartman — for deigning to compare the one-dimensional folk we're besieged with in reality to the much more emotionally complex and two-dimensional ... you.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Is it wrong to compare these flesh-and-blood people to a two-dimensional cartoon character?
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Is it wrong to compare these flesh-and-blood people to a two-dimensional cartoon character?
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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The rippers are an intriguing enemy (they appear as two-dimensional shadows that fear light) and as we learn a little more about them, we want to believe that they are not as harmful as they appear.
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