- dimension
[dimension 词源字典]
- dimension: see measure
[dimension etymology, dimension origin, 英语词源] - dimension (n.)
- late 14c., "measurement, size," from Latin dimensionem (nominative dimensio) "a measuring," noun of action from past participle stem of dimetri "to measure out," from dis- (see dis-) + metiri "to measure" (see measure). Meaning "any component of a situation" is from 1929. Related: Dimensional; dimensions.