# dimensional
## English
### Etymology

From dimension +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪˈmɛnʃənəl/, /daɪ-/, /-ʃnəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: di‧men‧sion‧al, di‧men‧sional

### Adjective

dimensional (comparative more dimensional, superlative most dimensional)
* Of or pertaining to dimensions.
* (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
** 1926, Hart Crane, For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen:There is the world dimensional for those untwisted by the love of things irreconcilable
** (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".
*** 1996, Richard Courant with Herbert Robbins and Ian Stewart, What is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods, page 227:What is the meaning of an n-dimensional space when n is greater than three, and what purposes can it serve?

#### Usage notes

* Often used as a combining form.

#### Hyponyms

* codimensional
* dimensionalise
* dimensionalization
* dimensionalize
* dimensionally
* eleven-dimensional
* equidimensional
* finite-dimensionaltop-dimensional
* four-dimensional (4-dimensional)
* heterodimensional
* higher-dimensional
* hyperdimensional
* infinite-dimensional
* intradimensional
* microdimensional
* monodimensional
* multidimensional
* n-dimensional
* omnidimensional
* one-dimensional (1-dimensional)
* pandimensional
* polydimensional
* subdimensional
* three-dimensional (3-dimensional)
* top-dimensional
* trans-dimensional
* transdimensional
* tridim
* trimensional
* two-dimensional (2-dimensional)
* zero-dimensional (0-dimensional)

#### Derived terms

* codimensional
* dimensional analysis
* dimensionalise
* dimensionalization
* dimensionalize
* dimensional lumber
* dimensionally
* dimensional shingle
* dimensional stability
* dimensional stone
* equidimensional
* extradimensional
* heterodimensional
* hyperdimensional
* interdimensional
* intradimensional
* microdimensional
* monodimensional
* nondimensional
* omnidimensional
* over-dimensional
* pandimensional
* polydimensional
* subdimensional
* top-dimensional
* tridim
* trimensional
* two dimensional bilayer ice I

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* indolamines, melanoidins, nominalised

## Catalan
### Etymology

From dimensió +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [di.mən.si.uˈnal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [di.mən.si.oˈnal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [di.men.si.oˈnal]

### Adjective

dimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural dimensionals)
* dimensional
    Hyponyms: bidimensional, quadridimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

### Further reading

* “dimensional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “dimensional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “dimensional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “dimensional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From dimensión +‎ -al.

### Adjective

dimensional m or f (plural dimensionais)
* dimensional
    Hyponyms: adimensional, bidimensional, cuadridimensional, multidimensional, pluridimensional, tetradimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

### Further reading

* “dimensional”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

dimensional (strong nominative masculine singular dimensionaler, not comparable)
* dimensional
    Hyponyms: eindimensional, zweidimensional, dreidimensional, vierdimensional, mehrdimensional, multidimensional

#### Hyponyms

* 2-dimensional
* 3-dimensional
* interdimensional

### Further reading

* “dimensional” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “dimensional” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From dimensão, dimensões +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.mẽ.si.oˈnaw/ [d͡ʒi.mẽ.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.mẽ.sjoˈnaw/ [d͡ʒi.mẽ.sjoˈnaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.mẽ.sjuˈnal/ [di.mẽ.sjuˈnaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.mẽ.sjuˈnal/ [di.mẽ.sjuˈnaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /di.mẽ.sjuˈna.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: di‧men‧si‧o‧nal

### Adjective

dimensional m or f (plural dimensionais)
* dimensional
    Hyponyms: adimensional, bidimensional, multidimensional, pluridimensional, quadridimensional, tetradimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

### Further reading

* “dimensional”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “dimensional”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “dimensional”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “dimensional”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “dimensional”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German dimensional or French dimensionnel. By surface analysis, dimensiune +‎ -al.

### Adjective

dimensional m or n (feminine singular dimensională, masculine plural dimensionali, feminine and neuter plural dimensionale)
* dimensional

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From dimensión +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dimensjoˈnal/ [d̪i.mẽn.sjoˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: di‧men‧sio‧nal

### Adjective

dimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural dimensionales)
* dimensional
    Hyponyms: adimensional, bidimensional, cuadridimensional, cuatridimensional, multidimensional, pluridimensional, tetradimensional, tridimensional, unidimensional

#### Derived terms

* dimensionalmente

### Further reading

* “dimensional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10