dimension

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
noun a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
noun one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space

Derived from Latin dīmēnsiō.

Establecida la comunicación, nuestros mensajes irán adquiriendo mayores dimensiones y variedad, y llegaremos a tener, como los Estados Unidos, órganos que satisfagan a todas las necesidades de la vida intelectual y material, tal como nos la imponen[3] los progresos modernos. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
Here if by the Spirit of God be meant God himself, then is Motion attributed to God, and consequently Place, which are intelligible only of Bodies, and not of substances incorporeall; and so the place is above our understanding, that can conceive nothing moved that changes not place, or that has not dimension; and whatsoever has dimension, is Body. — Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes

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