dimension
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The nuclear dimension meant that the development of antiballistic-missile defense had been viewed as a destabilizing factor in the nuclear equilibrium between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and was limited by international treaties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
However, gravity operates within Einstein's four-dimensional space-time, which includes three dimensions of space and one dimension of time.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
"I spent 42 days in jail. My arrest gave a new dimension to our struggle in Turkey, but also around the world," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
“We feel that’s just the right thing to do when you’re in Southern California. It brought another dimension to the hotel.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
No business could be more objective than money management, and yet even in this business, facts and logic were overwhelmed by the nebulous social dimension of things.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
There are also standards for things like the physical dimensions of ID cards.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026
Yet the movie’s unlikely combination of qualities—its huge dimensions in service of a modest tale—has never been seen to better advantage than in Warner Archive’s surpassingly beautiful new 4K and Blu-ray release.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The second season of "MobLand" sees Conrad take on new dimensions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Creating a thermal cloak that functions in three dimensions has been a longstanding challenge.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Even cases known to the bureau had hidden dimensions.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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
Many a good drawing has its appearance spoiled through being slovenly dimensioned.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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