It's mostly a mathematical term which also applies to pieces of data. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension

It's mostly a mathematical term which also applies to pieces of data. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension In physics and mathematics, the dimension of a mathematical space (or object) is informally defined as the minimum number of coordinates needed to specify any point within it.