two-dimensional

See also: twodimensional

English

Alternative forms

• 2-dimensional, twodimensional

Pronunciation

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Adjective

two-dimensional (not generally comparable, comparative more two-dimensional, superlative most two-dimensional)

1. Existing in two dimensions.
   • 1983, Ellen Nevins, Encyclopedia of Computers and Electronics, page 108:

     Of course, it is impossible to show what a holograph is really like in a two dimensional picture such as this.

   • 2015, Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff, “Rank-one convexity implies polyconvexity for isotropic, objective and isochoric elastic energies in the two-dimensional case”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:

     We show that in the two-dimensional case, every objective, isotropic and isochoric energy function which is rank-one convex on ${\displaystyle \mathrm {GL} ^{+}(2)}$ is already polyconvex on ${\displaystyle \mathrm {GL} ^{+}(2)}$.

2. (idiomatic) Not creating the illusion of depth; lacking detail or believability.

   a two-dimensional character in a play

Synonyms

• 2D, 2d
• bidimensional
• planar

Coordinate terms

• five-dimensional
• flat
• four-dimensional
• n-dimensional
• one-dimensional
• three-dimensional
• zero-dimensional

Derived terms

• quasi-two-dimensional
• two-dimensionally

Translations

existing in two dimensions

Belarusian: двухме́рны (dvuxmjérny), двухвыме́рны (dvuxvymjérny) Catalan: en dues dimensions, bidimensional (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 二維 / 二维 (zh) (èrwéi), 二次元 (zh) (èrcìyuán) Czech: dvourozměrný (cs), dvojrozměrný (cs) Danish: todimensional (da) Esperanto: dudimensia Finnish: kaksiulotteinen (fi) French: bidimensionnel (fr) Galician: bidimensional Georgian: ორგანზომილებიანი (organzomilebiani) German: zweidimensional (de) Greek: δισδιάστατος (el) (disdiástatos) Hebrew: דו־ממדי (du-memadi) Italian: bidimensionale (it) Japanese: 二次元の (ja) (にじげんの, nijigen no) Korean: 이차원의 (ko) (ichawonui) Maori: ahurua Norwegian: Bokmål: todimensjonal (no) Nynorsk: todimensjonal Persian: دوبعدی (do-bo'di) Polish: dwuwymiarowy (pl) Portuguese: bidimensional (pt) Romanian: bidimensional Russian: двуме́рный (ru) (dvumérnyj), двухме́рный (ru) (dvuxmérnyj), пло́ский (ru) (plóskij) Scottish Gaelic: dà-mheudach Slovak: dvojrozmerný Spanish: bidimensional Swedish: tvådimensionell (sv) Tagalog: dadalwahing sukod Ukrainian: двови́мірний (dvovýmirnyj)

not creating the illusion of depth

Esperanto: dudimensia Finnish: kaksiulotteinen (fi) German: zweidimensional (de) Hebrew: דו־ממדי (du-memadi), שטוח (he) (shatúakh) Polish: płytki (pl) Russian: двуме́рный (ru) (dvumérnyj), двухме́рный (ru) (dvuxmérnyj), пло́ский (ru) (plóskij) Scottish Gaelic: dà-mheudach, dà-sheallach Spanish: superficial (es), plano (es) Swedish: platt (sv), tvådimensionell (sv)

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Romanian: (please verify) bidimensional m or n