Dimension

di-men′shun, n. usually in pl. , measure in length, breadth, and thickne (the three dimensions of space): extent: size.— adjs. Dimen′sional , concerning dimension (one-dimensional, two-dimensional, three-dimensional space = space of one, two, three dimensions); Dimen′sioned , having dimension; Dimen′sionle .— Dimension work , masonry in stones of specified size.— Fourth dimension , an additional dimension attributed to space by a hypothetical speculation. [Fr.,—L. dimensio — dimetīri , dimensus — di (= dis ), apart, metīri , to measure.]