Dimension
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 novella by Edwin Abbott Abbott, still popular among mathematics and computer science students, and considered useful reading for people studying topics such as the concept of other dimensions. As a piece of literature, Flatland is respected for its satire on the social hierarchy of Victorian society.
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- A single aspect of a given thing.
- A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
- A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
- In science fiction: An alternative universe or plane of existence.
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See also
- Dimension (data warehouse) and dimension tables
- Dimensional analysis
- Fractal dimension
- Hyperspace (disambiguation page)
- Space-filling curve
- Intrinsic dimension
- Demonstrating Size (dimension)
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A list of topics indexed by dimension
- Zero dimensions:
- One dimension:
- Line
- Graph (combinatorics)
- Real number
- Two dimensions:
- Three dimensions
- Platonic solid
- Stereoscopy (3-D imaging)
- Euler angles
- 3-manifold
- Knot (mathematics)
- Four dimensions:
- High-dimensional topics from mathematics:
- High-dimensional topics from physics:
- Infinitely many dimensions:
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