@niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 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-square17arrow-up1106
arrow-up1106message-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 • 9 months agomessage-square17
minus-squareSkualinkfedilink22•9 months 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-square@Bassman1805@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-29 months 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.