of, having, or relating to two dimensions, usually describable in terms of length and breadth or length and height lying on a plane; having an area but not enclosing any volume lacking in depth, as characters in a literary work
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two-di•men•sion•al
(to̅o̅′di men′shə nl, -dī-),USA pronunciation adj.
two′-di•men′sion•al′i•ty, n.
two′-di•men′sion•al•ly, adv.
- having the dimensions of height and width only:a two-dimensional surface.
- Fine Art(of a work of art) having its elements organized in terms of a flat surface, esp. emphasizing the vertical and horizontal character of the picture plane:the two-dimensional structure of a painting.
- Literature(in a literary work) shallow, unconvincing, or superficial in execution:a novel having two-dimensional characters.
- 1895–1900
two′-di•men′sion•al•ly, adv.
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'two-dimensional' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Peano curve
- abscissa
- area
- axis
- biomorph
- black-figure
- cardboard
- centroid
- develop
- fingerprint
- impossible figure
- linear perspective
- modeling
- ordinate
- orthographic projection
- paper doll
- perimeter
- perspective
- plane
- plastic
- silhouette
- space
- stereology
- stereoscope
- stereoscopic
- supermembrane
- surface
- third dimension
- tiling
- uniplanar