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Dimension vs Isometric - What's the difference?

dimension | isometric |

As nouns the difference between dimension and isometric

is that dimension is a single aspect of a given thing while isometric is a line connecting isometric points.

As a verb dimension

is to mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.

As a adjective isometric is

of, or exhibiting equality in dimensions.

dimension

English

(wikipedia dimension)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A single aspect of a given thing.
  • A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Robert L. Dorit , title=Rereading Darwin , volume=100, issue=1, page=23 , magazine= 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.}}
  • 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.
    • The dimension of velocity is length divided by time.
  • (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
  • (science fiction, fantasy) An alternative universe or plane of existence.

    • Synonyms

    * (single aspect of a thing ): aspect * (measure of spatial extent ): magnitude, proportion, size, scope * (construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished ): attribute, property

    Derived 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 * transdimensional

    Related terms

    * hyperdimension

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.

    • isometric

    English

    (wikipedia isometric)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or exhibiting equality in dimensions.
  • Of, or being a geometric system of three equal axes lying at right angles to each other (especially in crystallography).
  • (physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle remains the same. See also:
  • * 2011 ,David Foster Wallace The Pale King , page 10:
    • One of the most effective isometric exercises for the deskbound is to sit up quite straight and tighten the large muscles of the buttocks, holding for a count of eight, then release.
    Antonyms include tonic movements auxotonic and isotonic which are divided into concentric and eccentric.
  • (physics, of a thermodynamic process) Taking place at constant volume because of being confined by rigid boundaries.

    • Derived terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line connecting isometric points.

    • Anagrams

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