dimension

A measurement or direction of size, such as length, width, or height.

• Measure each dimension of the box.
• The drawing shows the room’s dimensions.
• The screen displays objects in three dimensions.

Similar words: measurement

Common phrases: three dimensions, measure a dimension, dimension of something

One part or side of a situation, problem, or idea.

• The problem has a social dimension.
• Music adds another dimension to the film.
• We must consider the political dimensions of this decision.

How to use it: dimension of something (They discussed the moral dimension of the issue.)

Similar words: aspect, side, element

Common phrases: social dimension, new dimension, dimension of something

A separate world or form of existence, often imagined in stories.

• The portal led to another dimension.
• Strange creatures escaped from a parallel dimension.
• Could the machine open a doorway between dimensions?

Similar words: parallel universe, realm

Common phrases: parallel dimension, another dimension, dimension travel

An independent direction in a mathematical space, or the number of these directions.

• This vector space has dimension three.
• Each dimension requires a separate coordinate.
• The model adds another dimension to the mathematical space.

Common phrases: dimension of something, finite dimension, fourth dimension