dimension
Definitions of dimension
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the general appearance of a publicationsynonyms: format
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how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantifytypes:chancea measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possiblevaleurthe amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something elsequantité définia specific measure of amountquantité indéfiniean estimated quantityquantité relativea quantity relative to some purposesystème de mesurea system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristicvolumethe amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an objectteneur en alcoola measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)unité de tempsa unit for measuring time periodsmomentan instant of timetrouone playing period (from tee to green) on a golf coursetempératurethe degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)poidsthe property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational fieldlongueurthe linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in placecritère, normea basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluatedmesure d'informationa system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey informationmajorité(elections) more than half of the votespluralité(in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)augmentationa quantity that is addedcontenuthe quantity that a container will holdgrande quantité indéfiniean indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitudepetite quantité indéfiniean indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitudevaleuran indefinite quantity of something having a specified valuedosagethe quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one timecargaisona quantity that can be processed or transported at one timecapacitéthe amount that can be containedjourtime for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axisdate limitethe point in time at which something must be completedmoisa time unit of approximately 30 daysjourthe time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar daycoup de cloche(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.heurea period of time equal to 1/24th of a dayminutea unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hourseconde1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unitesseta unit of play in tennis or squashfinthe point in time at which something endsinterruption, pause, temps d'arrêta time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of somethingintérimthe time between one event, process, or period and anotherintervallethe time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its paymenttype of:abstractiona general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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magnitude or extentsynonyms: grandeur, proportiontype of:grandeurthe property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
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the spatial property of having dimensionstype of:propriété spatialeany property relating to or occupying space
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one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space
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the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)types:maigreurrelatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or widthlongueurthe linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in placelargeurthe extent of something from side to sidehauteurthe vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the topdiamètrethe length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumferencelongueurthe property of being of long spatial extentlargeurthe property of being wide; having great widthtype of:grandeurthe property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
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