"次元" meaning in Japanese

See 次元 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑiɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 次元 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (), (げん)), jigen [romanization], zigen [romanization], じげん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Appeared in 数学ニ用ヰル辞ノ英和対訳字書 (Sūgaku ni Mochiiru Ji no Ei-Wa Taiyaku Jisho, “Vocabulary of mathematical terms in English and Japanese”) of 1889 as a translation of English dimension. Etymology templates: {{lang|ja|数学ニ用ヰル辞ノ英和対訳字書}} 数学ニ用ヰル辞ノ英和対訳字書, {{cog|en|dimension}} English dimension Head templates: {{ja-noun|じげん|hhira=じげん}} 次(じ)元(げん) • (jigen) ^(←じげん (zigen)?)
  1. a dimension Wikipedia link: ja: Derived forms: 次元解析 (jigen kaiseki) (ruby: (), (げん), (かい), (せき)), 超次元 (chōjigen) (ruby: (ちょう), (), (げん)) (english: transdimensional) Related terms: 寸法 (sunpō) (ruby: (すん), (ぽう))
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