four-dimensional

English

Alternative forms

• 4-dimensional

Pronunciation

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Adjective

four-dimensional (not comparable)

1. (algebraic geometry) Having four dimensions; being measurable along four mutually perpendicular axes.
2. (physics) Relating to the four dimensions of space-time (three spatial dimensions with the addition of time as the fourth).

   We live in a four-dimensional universe.

Derived terms

• four-dimensional chess

 

Related terms

• four-dimensionalism
• four-dimensionally

Translations

measurable along four mutually perpendicular axes

• Czech: čtyřrozměrný
• Esperanto: kvardimensia
• Finnish: neliulotteinen
• French: de dimension 4
• Galician: cuadridimensional, tetradimensional
• Georgian: ოთხგანზომილებიანი (otxganzomilebiani)
• German: vierdimensional (de)
• Greek: τετραδιάστατος m (tetradiástatos)
• Hungarian: négydimenziós (hu)
• Ido: quardimensiona, 4-dimensiona
• Portuguese: quadridimensional (pt), tetradimensional (pt)
• Romanian: cvadridimensional (ro) m or n
• Russian: четырёхме́рный (ru) (četyrjoxmérnyj)
• Spanish: cuatridimensional, cuadridimensional, tetradimensional (es)
• Tagalog: apating-sukod
• Ukrainian: чотириви́мірний (čotyryvýmirnyj)

of the four dimensions of space-time

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四次元 (zh) (sìcìyuán)

• Finnish: neliulotteinen
• French: à quatre dimensions
• Galician: cuadridimensional, tetradimensional
• German: vierdimensional (de)
• Greek: τετραδιάστατος m (tetradiástatos)
• Hungarian: négydimenziós (hu)
• Ido: quardimensiona, 4-dimensiona
• Japanese: 四次元の (ja) (よじ​げんの, yojigen no)
• Korean: 사차원의 (ko) (sachawonui)
• Portuguese: quadridimensional (pt), tetradimensional (pt)
• Russian: четырёхме́рный (ru) (četyrjoxmérnyj)
• Spanish: cuatridimensional, cuadridimensional, tetradimensional (es)
• Tagalog: apating-sukod
• Ukrainian: чотириви́мірний (čotyryvýmirnyj)

See also

• hyperspace
• multidimensional
• n-dimensional
• tesseract