Dimensional vs Ethereal - What's the difference?
dimensional | ethereal |
Of or pertaining to dimensions.
(comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
# (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".
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Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
* 1667 : , Paradise Lost , book VII
* 1862 : ,
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
* 1733 : ,
Delicate, light and airy.
As adjectives the difference between dimensional and ethereal
is that dimensional is of or pertaining to dimensions while ethereal is pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.dimensional
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(en adjective)Usage notes
* Often used as a combining form.Derived terms
* dimensional analysis * dimensional lumber * dimensional shingle * multidimensional * transdimensional * four-dimensional, * infinite-dimensional * n -dimensional * one-dimensional, * three-dimensional, * two-dimensional, * zero-dimensional,ethereal
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Alternative forms
* aethereal * aetherial * * (obsolete) * * (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger.
Walking.
- I trust that we shall be more imaginative, that our thoughts will be clearer, fresher, and more ethereal , as our sky,...
An Essay on Man
- Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures ethereal , human, angel, man.