fourth dimension
noun
a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables.
fourth-dimensional
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a word derived from
fourth dimension.
Example Sentences
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Björk, playing fourth-dimensional chess, offers both sympathy — agreeing with Shygirl that “I see it from your side” — and outside perspective.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
The cast of Star Trek: Discovery is not accidentally acting out a fairy tale for the amusement of a fourth-dimensional being anytime soon.
From The Verge ● Jun. 10, 2022
Using something called “inverse radiation,” they can reverse the entropy of both objects and people so that they move through time in the opposite direction—at least from our fourth-dimensional point of view.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2020
He looked me in the eye and said, slowly and evenly, as if channeling from a fourth-dimensional place, “My concern with you publishing this is that you might retraumatize yourself.”
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2019
Consequently the mathematician holds the sole title to its knowledge unless we recognize the claims of the medium to a fourth-dimensional insight.
From The Fourth Dimensional Reaches of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Cora Lenore Williams
