multidimensional

[muhl-tee-di-men-shuh-nl, -dahy-, muhl-tahy-]

adjective

1. having many different facets, elements, or factors.

   I believe every person is a complex and dynamic multidimensional system.

   Good CEOs find order in chaos, tackling multidimensional problems and bringing clarity to issues others may find baffling.

2. Mathematics.,  (of space) having more than three dimensions.

   By developing the math to describe multidimensional spaces, Riemann equipped physicists to explore the possibility of extra dimensions today.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multidimensional¹

First recorded in 1880–85; multi- ( def. ) + dimension ( def. ) + -al ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Johnson learned how to fake it in the ring so he could make it in Hollywood, but none of his films have ever called for him to be so multidimensional.

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“Image is the weird, the prestige, the high and the low of this city. L.A. is not singular, it’s multifaceted, and tonight gives its flowers to that multidimensional L.A.,”

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Maybe that’s because when we apply love to people we understand that the verb “love” turns and twists like a multidimensional kaleidoscope — we’ve all seen the colors and patterns change, been dazzled, furious, confused, contented.

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But the fact that Redcorn was the "most human and multidimensional" Native American on screen was "a disheartening and stark reminder of the history of indigenous representations in network television", Tahmahkera pointed out.

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But the series, like the film, shows that vampires are also multidimensional — vulnerable, emotional, funny, absurd — and completely out of place in the modern world.

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