DIMENSIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dimensional mean? 

• DIMENSIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective DIMENSIONAL has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to dimensions

2. having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person

  Familiarity information: DIMENSIONAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIMENSIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to dimensions

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

dimension (the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height))

Derivation:

dimensionality (the spatial property of having dimensions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person

Context example:

never matures as a dimensional character; he is pasty, bland, faceless

Similar:

multidimensional (having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects)

Derivation:

dimensionality (the spatial property of having dimensions)

 Context examples 

For the analysis, a three-dimensional optical motion capture system was used, similar to those used in animation films and video games.

(Researchers identify the maximum weight that children should carry in their school backpacks, University of Granada)

This not only confirms that at least some dinosaurs had feathers, a theory already widespread, but provides details fossils generally cannot, such as color and three-dimensional arrangement.

(Scientists find dinosaur feathers preserved in amber, Wikinews)

An imaging technique that utilizes positron emission tomography to produce a three-dimensional image of functional processes in the body.

(FDG-Positron Emission Tomography, NCI Thesaurus)

Using the new results the team has created the first two-dimensional velocity map of the atmosphere of a star other than the Sun.

(Best Ever Image of a Star’s Surface and Atmosphere, ESO)

The new model was based on data collected during Juno's first eight science passes of Jupiter using its magnetometer, an instrument capable of generating a detailed three-dimensional map of the magnetic field.

(NASA's Juno Finds Changes in Jupiter's Magnetic Field, NASA)

Molecular imaging typically includes two- or three-dimensional imaging as well as quantification over time.

(Molecular Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)

The two dimensional shape of a toothed wheel of a machine part.

(Gear, NCI Thesaurus)

Once he had two-dimensional grids based on whole-rock data, he created an inverse model to come up with estimates of the oxygen isotopes within the ancient oceans.

(Scientists determine early Earth was a ‘water world’ by studying exposed ocean crust, National Science Foundation)

Issue associated with a device component having flaws of dimensional deviations greater than acceptable for the intended use.

(Medical Device Component Defective, Food and Drug Administration)

Its mode of action is not fully understood, but some of its actions resemble those of PHENYTOIN; although there is little chemical resemblance between the two compounds, their three-dimensional structure is similar.

(Carbamazepine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)