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dimensionless

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dimensionless.

Editorial note

It doesn't mean anything to compare a constant to phi unless that constant is itself dimensionless.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Lacking dimensions.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dimensionless gathered in one view.

adjective

Lacking dimensions.

adjective

(sciences) Of a physical constant: lacking units.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dimensionless.

adjective

Lacking dimensions.

adjective

(sciences) Of a physical constant: lacking units.

Example sentences

1

It doesn't mean anything to compare a constant to phi unless that constant is itself dimensionless.

2

Matter past the event horizon falls into the singularity pretty quickly, and that's a mere dimensionless point in space.

3

It's sort of dimensionless, and sort of not, because the seconds on either side of the division operator are sort of orthogonal (very vaguely like how joules per newton-metre is not dimensionless).

4

This problem is readily solved by using the correlation matrix instead, which is dimensionless by definition.

5

It's a dimensionless ratio of physical constants, and if its value changes, physics is different.

6

Bonus: since we're comparing gallon of water to gallon of caloric beverage, you get to use a dimensionless quantity!

7

Dimensionful quantities cannot be measured, only dimensionless ones can be measured: we can only measure pure numbers.

8

Therefore, the conversion between them is a dimensionless (= unitless) number, a constant.

9

You never write programs with meters and seconds, you choose scaled dimensionless quantities.

10

It isn't even a probability any more; it's just a dimensionless ratio.

11

If exposing units of measure to consumers, the units are simply not visible and all values will be treated as there underlying, dimensionless type.

12

I guess this doesn't work on dimensionless points, so the your comment is correct as far as mathematics are concerned.

Quote examples

1

Even dimensionless numbers are only marginally useful, like alpha; it may "exist" and manifest as our universe, but it's not especially predictive.

2

(Although I admit that "failure in time" is a stupid name for a dimensionless constant) Similarly you could invent a "galactic length" or however you'd like to call it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dimensionless in a sentence?

It doesn't mean anything to compare a constant to phi unless that constant is itself dimensionless.

What does dimensionless mean?

Lacking dimensions.

What part of speech is dimensionless?

dimensionless is commonly used as adjective.