dimensioning
- 1Present participle and gerund of dimension.
The drafter finished dimensioning the assembly drawing late on Friday.
Carefully dimensioning the bracket, the designer added a tolerance to every edge.
Note
The -ing form serves two trades, because the verb behind it does. On the drawing board and in the workshop, it means marking, cutting or shaping something to specified measurements. In programming, it means setting the size of an array, close to allocating it. Both uses are transitive, so the participle takes a direct object (dimensioning the bracket, dimensioning an array). The gerund can also stand alone as a noun, as in proper dimensioning.
dimensioning is a form of dimension
dimension, verb: To mark, cut, or shape something to specified measurements. Full entry
- Forms
- dimensiondimensions he/she/itdimensioning -ing formdimensioned past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- dimension → dimensioning: add -ing
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