niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIf a 1D figure has length, a 2D figure has area, and a 3D figure has volume, are there names for what's inside 4D, 5D figures and so on?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down13
arrow-up1101arrow-down1message-squareIf a 1D figure has length, a 2D figure has area, and a 3D figure has volume, are there names for what's inside 4D, 5D figures and so on?niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareinsufferableninja@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoI’m going to start calling area “2-dimensional volume”
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoOnly if you also call length “1-dimensional volume”.
minus-squareNotyoulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoWhat happens if I turn the dimensional volume up to 11?
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoWell if it’s in 1-dimensional space, then you have a line the length of 11 units.
minus-squareluciferofastora@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWell, you could just make 10 higher and make that the highest
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago“But- but this one goes to 11.”
I’m going to start calling area “2-dimensional volume”
Only if you also call length “1-dimensional volume”.
What happens if I turn the dimensional volume up to 11?
Well if it’s in 1-dimensional space, then you have a line the length of 11 units.
Well, you could just make 10 higher and make that the highest
“But- but this one goes to 11.”