third dimension
noun
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: a quality that confers reality or lifelikeness
night sounds that stick in the mind and give a third dimension to the memory—
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Another component of the third dimension of assessment of attractiveness is probably just individual differences.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2011
But, nearly invisibly, the war is also being waged along a third dimension: intelligence.
—Mark Galeotti, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2014
Folds in the cerebral cortex introduce a third dimension there too.
—R. Douglas Fields, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
And things like third dimension This was the style in the ‘30s and ‘40s, to introduce a song with a verse.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
Theoretically, if the system simply generalized its 2D optimal packing to the third dimension, researchers would expect to see grid cells fire in spherical patches, neatly arranged in a hexagonal 3D lattice structure, much like a stack of oranges in a grocery store.
—Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2021
The solution: Instead of living with the limitations imposed by a two-dimensional world, what’s needed is a third dimension of mobility — which is exactly what advanced aerial mobility vehicles like air taxis and autonomous cargo aircraft promise to create.
—Jia Xu, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
So, La Frontera is a project where these two countries come together, and there is this third country, this third dimension that emerges.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
Distortions of the genetic map tells about variations in elevation in the third dimension on the geographic map!
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2010
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2011
But, nearly invisibly, the war is also being waged along a third dimension: intelligence.
—Mark Galeotti, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2014
Folds in the cerebral cortex introduce a third dimension there too.
—R. Douglas Fields, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
And things like third dimension This was the style in the ‘30s and ‘40s, to introduce a song with a verse.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
Theoretically, if the system simply generalized its 2D optimal packing to the third dimension, researchers would expect to see grid cells fire in spherical patches, neatly arranged in a hexagonal 3D lattice structure, much like a stack of oranges in a grocery store.
—Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2021
The solution: Instead of living with the limitations imposed by a two-dimensional world, what’s needed is a third dimension of mobility — which is exactly what advanced aerial mobility vehicles like air taxis and autonomous cargo aircraft promise to create.
—Jia Xu, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
So, La Frontera is a project where these two countries come together, and there is this third country, this third dimension that emerges.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
Distortions of the genetic map tells about variations in elevation in the third dimension on the geographic map!
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2010
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First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Third dimension.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/third%20dimension. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
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