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two-dimensional

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having only two dimensions, especially length and width.
  • adjective Lacking the requisite or expected range or depth.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Existing in two dimensions.
  • adjective Not creating the illusion of depth.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective involving two dimensions
  • adjective lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth

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Examples

  • This is a strange, liminal object: a maypole bedecked with slim red and black ribbons and chains from which hang aluminium plaques bearing grisly two-dimensional images of severed heads.

    Nancy Spero: no pity 2011

  • Whether that is depth of thought, narrative or something else entirely, even though they're displayed in 2D, we want them to have more than two-dimensional.

    The Path For Art Games SVGL 2009

  • While the entertainment world goes mad for 3D, science is abuzz with the vast potential of this purely two-dimensional matter: it is 100 times stronger than steel, conducts electricity better than copper, and might one day displace silicon from the chip.

    In praise of … graphene | Editorial 2012

  • Gaiman does describe the characters and environment well, but because of the two-dimensional nature it feels wasted.

    REVIEW: Stardust by Neil Gaiman 2009

  • The errors in bad comics are similar to the errors in bad screenplays — mostly related to poor story structure, two-dimensional characters, or predictable endings.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 15 Questions with Bob Heske 2009

  • With that, I humbly extend my deepest apologies — to you, Mr. Eric Theodore Cartman — for deigning to compare the one-dimensional folk we're besieged with in reality to the much more emotionally complex and two-dimensional ... you.

    “Res-pect Mah Authori-taaaaaayyyyh!” 2009

  • With that, I humbly extend my deepest apologies — to you, Mr. Eric Theodore Cartman — for deigning to compare the one-dimensional folk we're besieged with in reality to the much more emotionally complex and two-dimensional ... you.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • Is it wrong to compare these flesh-and-blood people to a two-dimensional cartoon character?

    “Res-pect Mah Authori-taaaaaayyyyh!” 2009

  • Is it wrong to compare these flesh-and-blood people to a two-dimensional cartoon character?

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • The rippers are an intriguing enemy (they appear as two-dimensional shadows that fear light) and as we learn a little more about them, we want to believe that they are not as harmful as they appear.

    REVIEW: Interzone #225 2009

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