Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dimension
IPA transcription: [dɪm'ɛnʃən]
Pronunciations of dimension
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dimension
    Meaning: the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
  • Synonyms: property, attribute, dimension
    Meaning: a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
  • Synonyms: dimension
    Meaning: one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space
  • Synonyms: proportion, dimension
    Meaning: magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions"
Usage examples
  • "Eternity in the fifth dimension.
  • "Yes, the fifth dimension, and eternity," said Tode, "where time and space reel into functionlessness.
  • Among themselves they communicate by means of what Perry says must be a sixth sense which is cognizant of a fourth dimension.
  • It appertains to a different "-ology," and inhabits a different dimension of being altogether from that in which existential propositions obtain.
  • "What they do," said Perry, "is to project their thoughts into the fourth dimension, when they become appreciable to the sixth sense of their listener.
  • Nothing mattered, therefore, even though they two were plunged into that awful nothingness of the fifth dimension, where neither space nor time recognizably exists.
  • This book tries to find that fourth dimension of architecture, painting, and sculpture, which is the human soul in action, that arrow with wings which is the flash of fire from the film, or the heart of man, or Pygmalion's image, when it becomes a woman.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Metal umlaut, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Minecraft, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Grandfather paradox, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Introduction to M-theory, License CC BY-SA 4.0