| 单词 | fourth dimension |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfourth dimension fourth dimension n. a supposed or assumed dimension, additional to length, breadth, and thickness (see dimension n. 3 note). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > a) dimension(s) > supposed or assumed dimension fourth dimension1875 1875 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind II. 279 We have no experiences out of which a fourth dimension could be constructed. 1895 W. D. Howells My Lit. Passions 202 The fourth dimension of the poem which is not yet made palpable or visible. 1904 B. Russell in Mind 13 574 The merit of speculations on the fourth dimension..is chiefly that they stimulate the imagination, and free the intellect from the shackles of the actual. 1934 Discovery Aug. 239/1 The Fourth and higher Dimensions. 1964 C. Chaplin My Autobiogr. xvii. 303 Wells said that as a struggling young writer he had written one of the first scientific articles touching on the fourth dimension. < as lemmas |
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