multidimensional
adjective
mul·ti·di·men·sion·al
ˌməl-tē-də-ˈmench-nəl 
-ˌtī-,
-ˈmen(t)-shə-nᵊl
: having or relating to multiple dimensions or aspects
multidimensional calculus
Such multidimensional spaces are, of course, impossible to draw in our ordinary space. But scientists can draw a two- or three-dimensional cross section of a multidimensional space …—
John Briggs and F. David Peat
John Briggs and F. David Peat… a combination of services that result in a multidimensional approach to education …—Corrine E. Munoz-Plaza et al.
Corrine E. Munoz-Plaza et al.… he shows us both the inner and outer lives of the athletes, transforming them from heroes or villains into the kind of multidimensional characters you expect to find in good fiction.—Bill Ott
Bill Ott
multidimensionality
noun
Due to the multidimensionality of grief, with its physical, emotional, and psychological expression … clinical symptoms of grief are often misinterpreted as symptoms of depression …
—Sara Sanders and Kathryn Betts Adams
Sara Sanders and Kathryn Betts Adams
They noted that a theoretical understanding of the underlying processes can serve as a guide in navigating the multidimensionality, uncertainty, and complexity that is teaching.
—Mike Yough et al.
Mike Yough et al.
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But the series, like the film, shows that vampires are also multidimensional — vulnerable, emotional, funny, absurd — and completely out of place in the modern world.
—Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
That same multidimensional, holistic logic must be applied to the system itself.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The film’s real secret weapon, and where so many superhero films go wrong, is with its formidable and multidimensional villain, Dr. Octopus, played with diabolical deliciousness by Alfred Molina.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
Instead, different particles would result from different modes of vibration of a one-dimensional string, either a loop or a snippet with ends attached to multidimensional spatial objects called branes.
—Tom Siegfried, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
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Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
That same multidimensional, holistic logic must be applied to the system itself.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The film’s real secret weapon, and where so many superhero films go wrong, is with its formidable and multidimensional villain, Dr. Octopus, played with diabolical deliciousness by Alfred Molina.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
Instead, different particles would result from different modes of vibration of a one-dimensional string, either a loop or a snippet with ends attached to multidimensional spatial objects called branes.
—Tom Siegfried, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Multidimensional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multidimensional. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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