niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours 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-square16fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down12
arrow-up184arrow-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 · 17 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·edit-217 hours ago4D also has duration
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·16 hours agoOnly if time is your fourth dimension. OP is likely asking about a fourth spatial dimension, since that’s much more in keeping with the progession of 1D > 2D > 3D
minus-squareBassman1805@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-216 hours agoIn specific applications where it is useful to consider time as a 4th spacial dimension. So if you’re not talking about relativity, it’s probably not.
4D also has duration
Only if time is your fourth dimension. OP is likely asking about a fourth spatial dimension, since that’s much more in keeping with the progession of 1D > 2D > 3D
Ah, I see
In specific applications where it is useful to consider time as a 4th spacial dimension.
So if you’re not talking about relativity, it’s probably not.