Dimness is a measure of an object's

luminosity Luminosity is an absolute measure of radiated electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic energy per unit time, and is synonymous with the radiant power emitted by a light-emitting object. In astronomy, luminosity is the total amount of electroma ...

. Dim or dimness may refer to:

Computing

* .dim, a

disk image A disk image is a snapshot of a storage device's content typically stored in a file on another storage device. Traditionally, a disk image was relatively large because it was a bit-by-bit copy of every storage location of a device (i.e. every ...

* A keyword in most versions of the

BASIC Basic or BASIC may refer to: Science and technology * BASIC, a computer programming language * Basic (chemistry), having the properties of a base * Basic access authentication, in HTTP Entertainment * Basic (film), ''Basic'' (film), a 2003 film ...

programming language

Chemistry, biology, and medicine

* 3,3'-Diindolylmethane, an anticarcinogen compound

Organizations

* Corporación Deportiva Independiente Medellín, a Colombian football club * Deportivo Independiente Miraflores, a football club based in the city of Miraflores, Lima, Perú * Dialogue Interreligieux Monastique, the European arm of the DIMMID, a movement promoting interfaith dialogue between monastic communities * Dirección de Inteligencia Militar, the military intelligence agency of Venezuela

People

* Nickname of John Wooldridge (1919–1958), British film music composer and Second World War bomber pilot

Places

* Dim, Amur Oblast, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia * Dim, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province

Other uses

* To dim, verb that means to lower the brightness of light * Dim, a

European rhinoceros beetle The European rhinoceros beetle (''Oryctes nasicornis'') is a large flying beetle belonging to the subfamily Dynastinae. Subspecies * ''Oryctes nasicornis afghanistanicus'' Endrödi, 1938 * ''Oryctes nasicornis chersonensis'' Minck, 1915 * ''Oryc ...

in the 1998 Disney/Pixar animated film ''

A Bug's Life ''A Bug's Life'' (stylized in all lowercase) is a 1998 American animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter from a screenplay written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, and a story conceived by Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ran ...

'' * " DiM", a 1998 episode of ''Dexter's Laboratory'' * ''Dim'' (album), the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band The Gazette The abbreviation dim may refer to: *

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. Thus, a line has a dimension of one (1D) because only one coo ...

, a measure of how many parameters is sufficient to describe an object in mathematics **

Dimension (vector space) In mathematics, the dimension of a vector space ''V'' is the cardinality (i.e., the number of vectors) of a Basis (linear algebra), basis of ''V'' over its base Field (mathematics), field. p. 44, §2.36 It is sometimes called Hamel dimension (afte ...

, the number of vectors needed to describe the basis in a vector space, in linear algebra *

Diminished triad In music theory, a diminished triad is a triad (music), triad consisting of two minor thirds above the root (chord), root. It is a Minor chord, minor triad with a lowered (flat (music), flattened) Fifth (chord), fifth. When using Chord names and ...

, a dissonant chord with a minor third and diminished fifth to the root in music theory *

Diminuendo In music, the dynamics of a piece are the variation in loudness between notes or phrases. Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail. However, dynamics markings require interpretation by the performer depending on ...

, a word indicating changes of dynamics in music *

Diminutive A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle s ...