two-dimensional
/ˌtuːdʌɪˈmɛnʃ(ə)n(ə)l
/adjective
1Having or appearing to have length and breadth but no depth: a two-dimensional object...
- For example, paper might appear to be two-dimensional because it is so thin.
- A shape is a flat, two-dimensional area having only length and width.
- Assuming aggregation happens on the cell surface, we choose a two-dimensional hexagonal lattice.
1.1Lacking depth or substance; superficial: a nether world of two-dimensional heroes and villains...
- It's very frustrating, because I get emotional invested in those two-dimensional characters.
- They are largely two-dimensional, lacking psychological definition.
- His deliberately two-dimensional characters are hilariously drawn to provide some much needed light relief to such an obviously calamitous tale.
Derivatives
two-dimensionality
- He painted naturalistic works with elements of Cézanne's dashed surfaces, before adopting an expressive two-dimensionality before the First World War.
- The two-dimensionality of ‘manga’ often results in an overall patterning and flattening of colors and shapes, which, according to Murakami, ‘provides a parallel space in which to escape from the pressures of society.’
- They hit the ball so much harder and better than you can imagine - or than television's flat two-dimensionality can convey - that you will never again make the mistake of dismissing golf as ‘not a sport.’
two-dimensionally
- When designing their gardens, most amateur landscapers direct their focus down, thinking two-dimensionally (width and depth) without taking into consideration that most plants grow - up!
- Part painting, part relief, the 14 tile works, of varying dimensions, were a departure for an artist who is best known as a sculptor, although she has also worked two-dimensionally in recent years.
- Younger artists looked for ways of either avoiding painting or, if operating two-dimensionally, of subverting it.
Rhymes
- critical path
- critical path analysis
- critical period
- critical point
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- critical state
- critical temperature
- critical theory
- critical thinking
- critical volume
- criticaster
- criticise
- criticism
- criticizable
- criticize
- criticizer
- critique
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- CRM
- croak
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- Croat
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