What is the degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension called?
dimension — (Math.) The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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