
English word dimension comes from Latin dimensus
dimensus (Latin)
dimensionem (Latin)
dimension (English)
(transitive) To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions. (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.. (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.. (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.. (physics) [...]