Dimension vs Type - What's the difference?
dimension | type |
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.
A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
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, title= An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
* 2002 , Pat Conroy, The Great Santini , page 4:
An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
* 1872 , Mary Rose Godfrey, Loyal , volume 3, page 116:
(printing, countable) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
# (uncountable) Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
# (chiefly, uncountable) Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.
(biology) An individual considered representative of members of its taxonomic group.
Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
(biology) A blood group.
(theology) An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
(computing theory) A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.
(fine arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
(chemistry) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
(mathematics) A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed'' theory). (''Note : this to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)
* Types, theory of. V.N. Grishin (originator), Encyclopedia of Mathematics . URL: http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Types,_theory_of&oldid=14150
To put text on paper using a typewriter.
To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
To determine the blood type of.
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
* Tennyson
As a noun dimension
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stereotypical.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 * transdimensionaltype
English
Noun
(en noun)Gemstones, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.}}
- "I just peeked out toward the restaurant and there are a lot of Navy types in there. I'd hate for you to get in trouble on your last night in Europe."
- Altogether he was the type of low ruffianism — as ill-conditioned a looking brute as ever ginned a hare.
- The headline was set in bold type .
- The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane.
- Logics of the second and higher orders may be regarded as type -theoretic systems.
- Categorial grammar is like a combination of context-free grammar and types .
Synonyms
* (grouping based on shared characteristics) category, class, genre, group, kind, sort, tribe * (computing theory) data type * (printing) sort * See alsoDerived terms
* antitype * archetype * blood type * built-in type * composite type * cotype * ideal type * movable type * normal type * primitive type * structured type * typeface * type-safe * typesetter * typewriter * typography * typology * typology * user-defined typeVerb
(typ)- The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.
- Let us type them now in our own lives.