dimensional analysis: Meaning and Definition of

dimen'sional anal'ysis

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— Physics. Physics.
  1. a method for comparing the dimensions of the physical quantities occurring in a problem to find relationships between the quantities without having to solve the problem completely. Cf. dimension (def. 6).
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