What is the difference between dimension and face?
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A single aspect of a given thing.
A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
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A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
(geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
(linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
(physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
(computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
(science fiction, fantasy) An alternative universe or plane of existence.
(lb) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
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The public image; outward appearance.
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The frontal aspect of something.
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(lb) Presence; sight; front.
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The directed force of something.
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Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See'' lose face''', ' save face ).
Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
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*:This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations.
The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
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(lb) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
Any surface; especially a front or outer one.
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*:A mistwatered the whole face of the ground.
*(Lord Byron) (1788-1824)
*:Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face .
The numbered dial of a clock or watch.
(lb) The mouth.
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(lb) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
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Short for babyface. A wrestler whose on-ring persona is embodying heroic or virtuous traits. Contrast with heel.
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(lb) The front surface of a bat.
(lb) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
(lb) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
(lb) A typeface.
Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
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*:The Lord make his face to shine upon thee.
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*:My face [favour] will I turn also from them.
(lb) An interface.
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The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
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To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
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To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland.
(lb) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
(lb) To deal with (a difficult situation or person).
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*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:I'll face / This tempest, and deserve the name of king.
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(lb) To have as an opponent.
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(lb) To confront impudently; to bully.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I will neither be faced nor braved.
To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
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To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
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To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
(lb) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.
As nouns the difference between dimension and face
is that dimension is a single aspect of a given thing while face is (anatomy) the front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.As verbs the difference between dimension and face
is that dimension is to mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions while face is (of a person or animal) to position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).dimension
English
(wikipedia dimension)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
- The dimension of velocity is length divided by time.
Synonyms
* (single aspect of a thing ): aspect * (measure of spatial extent ): magnitude, proportion, size, scope * (construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished ): attribute, propertyDerived terms
* * * * correlation dimension * dimensional * dimensional analysis * dimensional shingle * exterior dimension * four-dimensional * fourth dimension * fractal dimension * Hamel dimension * Hausdorff dimension * information dimension * isoperimetric dimension * Kaplan-Yorke dimension * Krull dimension * Lebesgue covering dimension * Lyapunov dimension * multidimensional * one-dimensional * pointwise dimension * poset dimension * q-dimension * third dimension * three-dimensional * transdimensionalface
English
(wikipedia face)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces' were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's ' face ; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
citation, passage=‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.
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Synonyms
* (part of head) countenance, visage, phiz (obsolete), phizog (obsolete) * (facial expression) countenance, expression, facial expression, look, visage * (the front or outer surface) foreside * (public image) image, public image, reputation * (of a polyhedron) facet (different specialised meaning in mathematical use), surface (not in mathematical use) * cakehole, gob, mush, piehole, trap * good guy, hero * See alsoDerived terms
* baby face * blackfaced * facebook * face down * faceless * facelet * face-off * face-saving * face that would stop a clock * face to face, face-to-face * face up * face value * fall on one's face * feed one's face * fill one's face * game face * hatchet-faced * in face of * in one's face * in the face of * just another pretty face * lose face * manface * not just a pretty face * pizza face * pull a face * put a good face on * ratface * rock face * save face * shit-faced * stare someone in the face * suck face * whitefacedVerb
(fac)Globalisation is about taxes too, passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}
Bulgaria 0-3 England, passage=And a further boost to England's qualification prospects came after the final whistle when Wales recorded a 2-1 home win over group rivals Montenegro, who Capello's men face in their final qualifier.}}
Synonyms
* * (have its front closest to) * (deal with) confront, deal withDerived terms
* face down * face facts * face the music * face up to * in-your-face * in your faceSee also
* (Face) * * * *Statistics
*External links
*MathWorld article on geometrical faces*
Faces in programming*
JavaServer Faces* (commonslite)