four-dimensional
adjective
ˈfȯr-də-ˈmen(t)-sh(ə-)nəl 
also -dī-
: relating to or having four dimensions
four-dimensional space-time continuum
especially
: consisting of or relating to elements requiring four coordinates to determine them
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The next problem for mathematicians to face will be solving the four-dimensional Kakeya conjecture.
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
Trump is not playing four-dimensional chess and trying to pry Russia from its alliance with China.
—David Brooks, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
The four-dimensional Kakeya conjecture remains open, with a tower of four-dimensional conjectures above it as well.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
General relativity and the dark universe Developed in 1915, general relativity suggests that gravity arises because bodies with mass cause the fabric of spacetime (the four-dimensional unification of space and time) to warp.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
That would mean that experimental observations would depend on the orientation of the experiment in space-time (the four-dimensional unification of space and time).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Compared with such flat characters, Linda feels almost four-dimensional — a role that virtually flop-sweats off the screen, all but shaking your seat with her anxiety, the way premium theaters do with their chair-throttling 4DX screenings.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The Unraveling of Space-Time All topics (opens a new tab)
t was already a mind-bending shift, last century, to go from Isaac Newton’s absolute space and universal time to Albert Einstein’s four-dimensional space-time, which is dynamic, flexible, sensitive to the touch.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
The team behind the new work calls the scheme a tesseract code, after the four-dimensional cube, as the connections among its qubits share a similar layout as the corners of a tesseract.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2024
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
Trump is not playing four-dimensional chess and trying to pry Russia from its alliance with China.
—David Brooks, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
The four-dimensional Kakeya conjecture remains open, with a tower of four-dimensional conjectures above it as well.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
General relativity and the dark universe Developed in 1915, general relativity suggests that gravity arises because bodies with mass cause the fabric of spacetime (the four-dimensional unification of space and time) to warp.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
That would mean that experimental observations would depend on the orientation of the experiment in space-time (the four-dimensional unification of space and time).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Compared with such flat characters, Linda feels almost four-dimensional — a role that virtually flop-sweats off the screen, all but shaking your seat with her anxiety, the way premium theaters do with their chair-throttling 4DX screenings.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The Unraveling of Space-Time All topics (opens a new tab)
t was already a mind-bending shift, last century, to go from Isaac Newton’s absolute space and universal time to Albert Einstein’s four-dimensional space-time, which is dynamic, flexible, sensitive to the touch.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
The team behind the new work calls the scheme a tesseract code, after the four-dimensional cube, as the connections among its qubits share a similar layout as the corners of a tesseract.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Four-dimensional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/four-dimensional. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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