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One-dimensional   /wən-dɪmˈɛnʃənəl/   Listen
One-dimensional

adjective
1.
Relating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope.  Synonym: unidimensional.  "A novel with one-dimensional characters"
2.
Of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension.  Synonym: linear.



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"One-dimensional" Quotes from Famous Books



... space are occupied by distinct bits of matter. Accordingly there is so far no intrinsic difficulty in conceiving that space is merely the resultant of relations between the bits of matter. But in the one-dimensional time the same bit of matter occupies different portions of time. Accordingly time would have to be expressible in terms of the relations of a bit of matter with itself. My own view is a belief in the ...
— The Concept of Nature - The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 • Alfred North Whitehead


Words linked to "One-dimensional" :   linelike, lineal, rectilinear, linear, multidimensional, cubic, unidimensional, collinear, rectilineal, planar


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