Does the D'Alembertian have the same dimensions

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Does the D'Alembertian have the same dimensions 1/length as the Laplacian operator except the D'Alembertian takes into consideration four dimensions?
 

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Doesn't the Laplacian have dimensions of 1/length^2?
 


Yes it does, sorry.
 

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