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dimension

[dih-men-shuhn, dahy-] / dɪˈmɛn ʃən, daɪ- /


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Jake Moore, global cyber-security advisor at ESET, said at the time the announcement from OpenAI could also have a competitive dimension.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

The new analysis adds another dimension by examining how density varies horizontally across latitude and longitude, revealing more of the thermosphere's geographic structure.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

“In the snap of fingers, my best friend, my confidant, my partner, my soul mate was transitioned to another dimension — a higher plane,” she wrote in her post.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

“What worries me in Washington sometimes is that there is a zero-sum dimension to this conversation in some quarters,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

By definition, a point is a zero—thanks to the concept of dimension.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Its findings may reveal more about the dimensions of America’s practice of executing the innocent and show that it is anything but a myth.

From Slate Aug. 13, 2026

“The lab allowed Johnson and Skenes to analyze every aspect of his delivery in three dimensions, pinpointing inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement,” Mr. Friedman writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Games will span seven innings and the league will use aluminum bats featured in college baseball and softball, while outfield dimensions were altered to be closer to the Women’s World Cup field dimensions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

None of the eight met the required dimensions and mechanical strength, while some pins snapped off under force during tests.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

In three dimensions, you just have a z axis as well.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

This has drastic consequences for the way in which flood protection must be dimensioned.

From Science Daily Nov. 10, 2023

U. S. Ambassador Woods called for tinned meat, condensed milk, flour, underclothing, galvanized iron, dimensioned timber to provide food and shelter for the refugees.

From Time Magazine Archive

An airshaft dimensioned like a coffin was built into the bedrooms.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

If the drawing is not dimensioned, the workman must get his sizes from the drawing by applying his rule or a suitable scale.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low

The factory made elaborate detailed dimensioned drawings, marked with every permitted kind and degree of variation—as many as four hundred drawings to a single aeroplane.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh




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