"dimensional analysis" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dimensional analysis (uncountable)
  1. (mathematics, physics) The study of the dimensions of physical quantities; used to obtain information about large complex systems, and as a means of checking mathematical and physics equations. Wikipedia link: dimensional analysis Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics, Physics, Systems theory Related terms: scaling analysis Translations (the study of the dimensions of physical quantities): analyse dimensionnelle [feminine] (French), Dimensionsanalyse [feminine] (German), dimenzióanalízis (Hungarian), analisi dimensionale [feminine] (Italian), 次元解析 (Japanese), ана́лиз разме́рности (análiz razmérnosti) [masculine] (Russian)

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