four-dimensional

[ fawr-di-men-shuh-nl, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔr dɪˈmɛn ʃə nl, ˈfoʊr- /

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adjective Mathematics.

of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.

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Origin of four-dimensional

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby four-dimensional

four-color problem, four-colour, four-corners, four-cycle, four-deal bridge, four-dimensional, Fourdrinier, four-eyed, four-eyed fish, four-eyed opossum, four-eyes

How to use four-dimensional in a sentence

There are four photos there of representative presidential candidates.
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Four weeks after the injections, all 20 of the participants had developed the antibodies needed to stave off the infection.
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After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.
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The injunction, she argued, only applies to these four plaintiffs—not to anyone else.
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Each CAP, also known as an “orbit,” consists on four aircraft.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
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Before the spinet a bench was placed about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
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The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
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British Dictionary definitions for four-dimensional

four-dimensional

adjective

having or specified by four dimensions, esp the three spatial dimensions and the dimension of timea four-dimensional continuum

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