In a manner relating to or affecting dimensions; with respect to spatial extent or measurement.
From 'dimension' + '-al' + '-ly' (forming adverbs). Emerged in modern scientific English to describe how things behave relative to spatial properties.
When scientists say something is 'dimensionally similar,' they mean it has the same spatial relationships even if the actual size is different—it's how they compare objects across vastly different scales!
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