The difference between Attribute and Dimension
When used as nouns, attribute means a characteristic or quality of a thing, whereas dimension means a single aspect of a given thing.
When used as verbs, attribute means to ascribe (something) a given cause, reason etc, whereas dimension means to mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.
check bellow for the other definitions of Attribute and Dimension
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Attribute as a noun:
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
Examples:
"His finest attribute is his kindness."
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Attribute as a noun (grammar):
A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier.
Examples:
"In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket"."
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Attribute as a noun (logic):
That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
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Attribute as a noun (computing, object-oriented programming):
An option or setting belonging to some object.
Examples:
"This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero."
"A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten."
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Attribute as a noun (programming):
A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
Examples:
"Properties can be marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used."
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Attribute as a noun (computer graphics, dated):
A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
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Attribute as a verb:
To ascribe (something) a given cause, reason etc.
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Attribute as a verb:
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) someone.
Examples:
"This poem is attributed to Browning."
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Dimension as a noun:
A single aspect of a given thing.
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Dimension as a noun:
A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
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Dimension as a noun:
A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
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Dimension as a noun (geometry):
The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
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Dimension as a noun (linear algebra):
The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
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Dimension as a noun (physics):
One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
Examples:
"The dimension of velocity is length divided by time."
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Dimension as a noun (computing):
Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
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Dimension as a noun (science fiction, fantasy):
An alternative universe or plane of existence.
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Dimension as a verb (transitive):
To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.