Definition of 'one-dimensional'

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one-dimensional in British English

(ˌwʌndaɪˈmɛnʃənəl

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adjective

1. mathematics

having only one dimension and therefore showing only linear information such as length or width or height

having a single focus; narrow and superficial

The documentary presents a one-dimensional view of the band.

The novel was criticized for its melodrama and one-dimensional characters.

one-dimensional caricatures

Some of the characterisation is a little one-dimensional.

one-dimensional in American English

(ˈwʌndəˈmɛnʃənəl )

adjective

having a single dominant aspect, quality, concern, etc. and hence narrow, limited, superficial, etc.

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one-dimensional in American English

(ˈwʌndɪˈmenʃənl)

adjective

having one dimension only

having no depth or scope

a novel with one-dimensional characters

Word origin

[1880–85]

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The critics dismissed her as one-dimensional and flavor of the year.The supramolecular synthon approach has been successfully applied in the synthesis of one-dimensional tapes, two-dimensional sheets and three-dimensional structures.The conductivities would be in the ratio 1:250:10, which would make this compound an almost one-dimensional conductor.Such one-dimensional nanorods offer a direct conduction pathway for electron transport in the solar cell. Heterogeneous processes are clearly more complex than homogeneous ones, and one way of simplifying their treatment is to use electrode geometries that can be described by one-dimensional symmetry.The aforementioned studies focused on the dispersion phenomena for one-dimensional unsteady flow.In it, all the particles of nature are understood to be made up of tiny vibrating one-dimensional entities known as strings.

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