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From: Krish on 20 Jul 2010 13:47
Folks,

I am designing a system where I am storing mass, volume, velocity etc. I
wanted to name the object appropriately. Can you please suggest a good
noun.
I was thinking of calling them Dimension, then I was reminded by my friend
that Dimension applies to distance and time only.

I would greatly appreciate the help.

Regards.

Krish

From: Androcles on 20 Jul 2010 14:34

"Krish" <none(a)no-reply.com> wrote in message
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| Folks,
|
| I am designing a system where I am storing mass, volume, velocity etc. I
| wanted to name the object appropriately. Can you please suggest a good
| noun.
| I was thinking of calling them Dimension, then I was reminded by my friend
| that Dimension applies to distance and time only.
|
| I would greatly appreciate the help.
|
| Regards.
|
| Krish
|
Your friend is wrong, the word "dimension" is like "real". It has more than
one meaning that depends upon the context in which it is used.

Main Entry: real
Function: adverb
Date: 1718
: very <he was real cool - H. M. McLuhan>
usage Most handbooks consider the adverb real to be informal and more
suitable to speech than writing. Our evidence shows these observations to be
true in the main, but real is becoming more common in writing of an
informal, conversational style. It is used as an intensifier only and is not
interchangeable with really except in that use.

Function: noun
Date: circa 1626
: a real thing; especially : a mathematically real quantity

Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, real, relating to things (in law), from
Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin & Late Latin; Medieval Latin realis
relating to things (in law), from Late Latin, real, from Latin res thing,
fact; akin to Sanskrit rayi property
Date: 14th century
1 : of or relating to fixed, permanent, or immovable things (as lands or
tenements)
2 a : not artificial, fraudulent, or illusory : genuine <real gold>; also :
being precisely what the name implies <a real professional> b (1) :
occurring or existing in actuality <saw a real live celebrity> <a story of
real life> (2) : of or relating to practical or everyday concerns or
activities <left school to live in the real world> (3) : existing as a
physical entity and having properties that deviate from an ideal, law, or
standard <a real gas> - compare ideal 3b c : having objective independent
existence <unable to believe that what he saw was real> d : fundamental,
essential e (1) : belonging to or having elements or components that belong
to the set of real numbers <the real roots of an equation> <a real matrix>
(2) : concerned with or containing real numbers <real analysis> (3) :
real-valued <real variable> f : measured by purchasing power <real income>
<real dollars> g : complete, utter <a real fiasco>
3 of a particle : capable of being detected - compare virtual 3

- re�al�ness noun

- for real 1 : in earnest : seriously <fighting for real>
2 : genuine <couldn't believe the threats were for real>
3 : genuinely good or capable of success (as in competition) <not yet sure
if this team is for real>


Dimensions are mass, length, charge, temperature and time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimensional_analysis

Three-dimensional means having orthogonal axes.


From: Greg Neill on 20 Jul 2010 14:38
Krish wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I am designing a system where I am storing mass, volume, velocity etc. I
> wanted to name the object appropriately. Can you please suggest a good
> noun.
> I was thinking of calling them Dimension, then I was reminded by my friend
> that Dimension applies to distance and time only.
>
> I would greatly appreciate the help.
>
> Regards.
>
> Krish

Quality?
Property?


From: Krish on 20 Jul 2010 17:43
Thanks Greg!

I think "Measurable Property" would suffice for me.


"Greg Neill" <gneillRE(a)MOVEsympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Krish wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> I am designing a system where I am storing mass, volume, velocity etc. I
>> wanted to name the object appropriately. Can you please suggest a good
>> noun.
>> I was thinking of calling them Dimension, then I was reminded by my
>> friend
>> that Dimension applies to distance and time only.
>>
>> I would greatly appreciate the help.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Krish
>
> Quality?
> Property?
>
>

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