two-dimensional

[ too-di-men-shuh-nl, -dahy- ]

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adjective

having the dimensions of height and width only:
a two-dimensional surface.
(of a work of art) having its elements organized in terms of a flat surface, especially emphasizing the vertical and horizontal character of the picture plane:
the two-dimensional structure of a painting.
(in a literary work) shallow, unconvincing, or superficial in execution:
a novel having two-dimensional characters.

two-dimensional

of, having, or relating to two dimensions, usually describable in terms of length and breadth or length and height
lying on a plane; having an area but not enclosing any volume
lacking in depth, as characters in a literary work
(of painting or drawing) lacking the characteristics of form or depth

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First recorded in 1895–1900

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In the past, her character has tended toward the two-dimensional: the chilly villainess.

Silicon chips are typically two-dimensional, Boahen explained, limiting the number of dedicated currents they can utilize.

Prince tries to avoid the two-dimensional in other areas as well.

She argued that these men and women were typically not psychopaths or two-dimensional monsters.

The two-dimensional photograph becomes 3-D where the artist has constructed a little ledge with rocks.

The two-dimensional geometries of Riemann and Lobachevski are thus correlated to the Euclidean geometry.

The images of external objects are painted on the retina, which is a two-dimensional canvas; they are perspectives.

For this purpose we will first give our attention once more to the geometry of two-dimensional spherical surfaces.

Black and white, right and wrong, the proper course and the improper course—he lived in a sort of two-dimensional ethical world.

We may thus classify all labyrinths, for a start, as either two-dimensional or three-dimensional.

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