ONE-DIMENSIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does one-dimensional mean? 

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

1. relating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope

2. of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension

  Familiarity information: ONE-DIMENSIONAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONE-DIMENSIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope

Synonyms:

one-dimensional; unidimensional

Context example:

a novel with one-dimensional characters

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension

Synonyms:

linear; one-dimensional

Context example:

a linear measurement

Similar:

collinear (lying on the same line)

lineal (arranged in a line)

linelike (resembling a line)

rectilineal; rectilinear (characterized by a straight line or lines)

 Context examples 

A connected set of points constituting a one-dimensional continuum.

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