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noun Physics.

a method for comparing the dimensions of the physical quantities occurring in a problem to find relationships between the quantities without having to solve the problem completely.Compare dimension (def. 6).

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Origin of dimensional analysis

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby dimensional analysis

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How to use dimensional analysis in a sentence

Ken Andersen at the Center for Marine Life, Technical University of Denmark, is now extending dimensional analysis to describe plankton, the enormous group of organisms that is part of the ocean ecosystem.
The Math of Living Things - Issue 102: Hidden Truths|Sidney Perkowitz|June 23, 2021|Nautilus
Three-dimensional shots attempt to capture the majesty of his triumphs from the artistic world to the scientific.
Doctor Who: It’s Time For a Black, Asian, or Woman Doctor|Nico Hines|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As little as that sentence makes sense, it seems West is attempting to label Hitchens as a one dimensional materialist.
Cornel West’s Disappointing Decline|David Masciotra|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From the outset, they were a sort of three-dimensional printer.
Font of Invention||September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Universe we inhabit seems to be four-dimensional: the three dimensions of height, length, and depth, along with time.
Is the Cosmos Just a Big Hologram?|Matthew R. Francis|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With its emphasis on self-expression and three-dimensional adolescents, Awkward.
In Praise of ‘Awkward’: OMFG MTV, Like, Really Gets High School|Amy Zimmerman|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Analysis and practice in preparation are the steps over which we must climb to the platform of power.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Recollective Analysis, or Analysis for the purpose of helping to learn by heart, is not an originating or manufacturing process.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
It is either thoughtless repetition, or thoughtful Analysis that he must use.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
At all events, let him if possible learn each of the three Groups by his own Analysis, looking at my work afterwards.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Now the practice of Interrogative Analysis compels such persons to interrogate—to propose questions—to think.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)