la
feminine
/dimenˈsjon/
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Translation
dimension, size, scale
Word origin
From Latin dimensio, from metiri ('to measure'). The same root gives English 'measure' and 'dimension'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- dimensio
- English cognates
- dimension, measure
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluraldimensiones
Examples
dimensión .
The problem is of an enormous scale.
dimensiones .
We measured the dimensions of the room.
dimensiones: , .
The box has three dimensions: height, width and length.
dimensión .
Nobody imagined the scale of the disaster.
dimensión .
His work reached a new artistic dimension.
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