multidimensional
adjective
mul·ti·di·men·sion·al
| \ ˌməl-tē-də-ˈmench-nəl
, -ˌtī-, -ˈmen(t)-shə-nᵊl\
, -ˌtī-, -ˈmen(t)-shə-nᵊl\
Definition of multidimensional
: having or relating to multiple dimensions or aspects
multidimensional calculus Such multidimensional spaces are, of course, impossible to draw in our ordinary space. But scientists can draw a two- or three-dimensional cross section of a multidimensional space …— John Briggs and F. David Peat … a combination of services that result in a multidimensional approach to education …— Corrine E. Munoz-Plaza et al. … he shows us both the inner and outer lives of the athletes, transforming them from heroes or villains into the kind of multidimensional characters you expect to find in good fiction.— Bill Ott
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Other Words from multidimensional
multidimensionality
\ ˌməl-tē-də-ˌmen(t)-shə-ˈna-lə-tē
, -ˌtī- \
noun
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noun
Due to the multidimensionality of grief, with its physical, emotional, and psychological expression … clinical symptoms of grief are often misinterpreted as symptoms of depression … .
— Sara Sanders and Kathryn Betts Adams
They noted that a theoretical understanding of the underlying processes can serve as a guide in navigating the multidimensionality, uncertainty, and complexity that is teaching.
— Mike Yough et al.
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Not low-income, but struggling In May, the U.S. Census Bureau published a report exploring a new multidimensional poverty measure which uses the American Community Survey. — Debra Brucker, The Conversation, "US poverty statistics ignore millions of struggling Americans," 24 June 2019 Kate Orff, a landscape architect, dismisses walls as one-dimensional attempts to solve multidimensional problems. — The Economist, "Climate change is a remorseless threat to the world’s coasts," 17 Aug. 2019 Yuriko Kajiya’s Comtesse de Noailles, the fussy dame d’honneur whom the rule-weary, real-life queen derisively called Madame Etiquette, comes off as one of the court’s most interesting and multidimensional characters. — Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle, "Melody Mennite powers Houston Ballet’s ‘Marie’," 17 June 2019 The first few episodes introduced Piper (and viewers) to the realities of prison life in Litchfield Penitentiary: the food, the shower shoes, the bureaucratic layers, the segregation, the multidimensional utility of maxi pads. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Prescience of Orange Is the New Black," 25 July 2019 But the Mormon missionaries themselves are multidimensional human characters who are faithful, good-natured and driven to do their duty. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘The Book of Mormon': Irreverent and profane, but still funny after all these years," 25 July 2019 Pulling in Richard Prince for this season's Louis Vuitton project was a typical Jacobs coup of multidimensional, referential, and self-referential significance. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "Louis Vuitton Wants to Turn Your Bag Into a TV," 9 May 2019 This stands among the most curious aspects of the Heat's new hierarchy: Is Winslow the fulcrum of the future, the multidimensional plug-and-play component that triggers the rest of the rotation? — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "Winderman: Heat’s new hierarchy has intriguing twists | Commentary," 21 July 2019 Trends over time can look different through this multidimensional lens. — Debra Brucker, The Conversation, "US poverty statistics ignore millions of struggling Americans," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'multidimensional.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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