# Dimension

> Dimension — A non-account axis: entity, department, project.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/dimension
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**What is dimension?** In accounting, dimension means a non-account axis: entity, department, project.

## Words this system refuses for it

- tag
- label

- **Category:** Core ledger
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Rendered by:** [dimension-picker](https://lopifi.com/md/components/dimension-picker), [journal-entry-form](https://lopifi.com/md/components/journal-entry-form), [pl-by-dimension](https://lopifi.com/md/components/pl-by-dimension), [budget-vs-actual](https://lopifi.com/md/components/budget-vs-actual), [invoice-form](https://lopifi.com/md/components/invoice-form), [journal-entry-table](https://lopifi.com/md/components/journal-entry-table), [period-grid](https://lopifi.com/md/components/period-grid)
- **Related:** account