Any named directions for a 4th spacial dimension?
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Given our 3-dimensional perspective of the universe, we have created the relative spacial directions of left, right, up, down, forward, and backward, which more or less correspond to the mathematical measurements of length, height, and width. Now, there is a measurement (of which I'm vaguely aware of) coined by Henry More called spissitude, for the hypothetical travels along a 4th spacial dimension. To phrase my question as an analogy, height is to up and down as spissitude is to what?
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Given our 3-dimensional perspective of the universe, we have created the relative spacial directions of left, right, up, down, forward, and backward, which more or less correspond to the mathematical measurements of length, height, and width. Now, there is a measurement (of which I'm vaguely aware of) coined by Henry More called spissitude, for the hypothetical travels along a 4th spacial dimension. To phrase my question as an analogy, height is to up and down as spissitude is to what?
Thanks!
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asked Aug 9 '16 at 5:32
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More's terminology is not widely used, and moreover seemed to be restricted to a weird philosophical theory. Whether anyone has ever coined the appropriate terms to analogize "up and down" with respect to "essential spissitude" is an open question, but my feeling is probably not.
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:39
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I guess you are aware of Hinton's terms "ana" and "kata." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard_Hinton
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:52
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@GrumpyParsnip I.e., “up” and “down.”
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Aug 9 '16 at 6:52
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Given our 3-dimensional perspective of the universe, we have created the relative spacial directions of left, right, up, down, forward, and backward, which more or less correspond to the mathematical measurements of length, height, and width. Now, there is a measurement (of which I'm vaguely aware of) coined by Henry More called spissitude, for the hypothetical travels along a 4th spacial dimension. To phrase my question as an analogy, height is to up and down as spissitude is to what?
Thanks!
soft-question visualization
asked Aug 9 '16 at 5:32
Ginotitant CubingGinotitant Cubing
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Given our 3-dimensional perspective of the universe, we have created the relative spacial directions of left, right, up, down, forward, and backward, which more or less correspond to the mathematical measurements of length, height, and width. Now, there is a measurement (of which I'm vaguely aware of) coined by Henry More called spissitude, for the hypothetical travels along a 4th spacial dimension. To phrase my question as an analogy, height is to up and down as spissitude is to what?
Thanks!
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asked Aug 9 '16 at 5:32
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asked Aug 9 '16 at 5:32
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asked Aug 9 '16 at 5:32
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asked Aug 9 '16 at 5:32
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More's terminology is not widely used, and moreover seemed to be restricted to a weird philosophical theory. Whether anyone has ever coined the appropriate terms to analogize "up and down" with respect to "essential spissitude" is an open question, but my feeling is probably not.
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:39
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I guess you are aware of Hinton's terms "ana" and "kata." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard_Hinton
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:52
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@GrumpyParsnip I.e., “up” and “down.”
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– amd
Aug 9 '16 at 6:52
add a comment |
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More's terminology is not widely used, and moreover seemed to be restricted to a weird philosophical theory. Whether anyone has ever coined the appropriate terms to analogize "up and down" with respect to "essential spissitude" is an open question, but my feeling is probably not.
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:39
1
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I guess you are aware of Hinton's terms "ana" and "kata." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard_Hinton
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:52
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@GrumpyParsnip I.e., “up” and “down.”
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– amd
Aug 9 '16 at 6:52
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More's terminology is not widely used, and moreover seemed to be restricted to a weird philosophical theory. Whether anyone has ever coined the appropriate terms to analogize "up and down" with respect to "essential spissitude" is an open question, but my feeling is probably not.
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:39
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More's terminology is not widely used, and moreover seemed to be restricted to a weird philosophical theory. Whether anyone has ever coined the appropriate terms to analogize "up and down" with respect to "essential spissitude" is an open question, but my feeling is probably not.
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:39
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I guess you are aware of Hinton's terms "ana" and "kata." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard_Hinton
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:52
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I guess you are aware of Hinton's terms "ana" and "kata." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard_Hinton
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:52
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@GrumpyParsnip I.e., “up” and “down.”
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– amd
Aug 9 '16 at 6:52
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@GrumpyParsnip I.e., “up” and “down.”
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– amd
Aug 9 '16 at 6:52
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I think the most intuitive answer is that spissitude is to forward and backward as height is to up and down. You could imagine a particle moving in four dimensions, and easily communicate that it is "moving back and forth in the 4th spacial dimension".
answered Aug 9 '16 at 5:36
Will SherwoodWill Sherwood
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Thanks, but that's not what I mean. Imagine you are at [0,0,0,0] (the 4th value being spissitude), and you move to [0, 0, 0, 1]. Instead of saying "I moved one unit right", you would have to say "I moved one unit forward in the 4th dimension!" It's a rather bulky 8 syllable term, is what I'm saying.
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– Ginotitant Cubing
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The ones I use are 'ana' and 'kata', which are on the 4-Dimensional space page on Wikipedia1 'ana' and 'kata' as down and up, respectively
answered Dec 22 '18 at 0:43
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Is it not inwards and outwards? I remember seeing something about the fourth dimensional axis being focused on in and out.
answered Jan 24 at 6:43
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I think the most intuitive answer is that spissitude is to forward and backward as height is to up and down. You could imagine a particle moving in four dimensions, and easily communicate that it is "moving back and forth in the 4th spacial dimension".
answered Aug 9 '16 at 5:36
Will SherwoodWill Sherwood
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Thanks, but that's not what I mean. Imagine you are at [0,0,0,0] (the 4th value being spissitude), and you move to [0, 0, 0, 1]. Instead of saying "I moved one unit right", you would have to say "I moved one unit forward in the 4th dimension!" It's a rather bulky 8 syllable term, is what I'm saying.
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– Ginotitant Cubing
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I think the most intuitive answer is that spissitude is to forward and backward as height is to up and down. You could imagine a particle moving in four dimensions, and easily communicate that it is "moving back and forth in the 4th spacial dimension".
answered Aug 9 '16 at 5:36
Will SherwoodWill Sherwood
788320
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1
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Thanks, but that's not what I mean. Imagine you are at [0,0,0,0] (the 4th value being spissitude), and you move to [0, 0, 0, 1]. Instead of saying "I moved one unit right", you would have to say "I moved one unit forward in the 4th dimension!" It's a rather bulky 8 syllable term, is what I'm saying.
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– Ginotitant Cubing
Aug 9 '16 at 22:26
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I think the most intuitive answer is that spissitude is to forward and backward as height is to up and down. You could imagine a particle moving in four dimensions, and easily communicate that it is "moving back and forth in the 4th spacial dimension".
answered Aug 9 '16 at 5:36
Will SherwoodWill Sherwood
788320
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I think the most intuitive answer is that spissitude is to forward and backward as height is to up and down. You could imagine a particle moving in four dimensions, and easily communicate that it is "moving back and forth in the 4th spacial dimension".
answered Aug 9 '16 at 5:36
Will SherwoodWill Sherwood
788320
answered Aug 9 '16 at 5:36
Will SherwoodWill Sherwood
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answered Aug 9 '16 at 5:36
Will SherwoodWill Sherwood
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answered Aug 9 '16 at 5:36
Will SherwoodWill Sherwood
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Thanks, but that's not what I mean. Imagine you are at [0,0,0,0] (the 4th value being spissitude), and you move to [0, 0, 0, 1]. Instead of saying "I moved one unit right", you would have to say "I moved one unit forward in the 4th dimension!" It's a rather bulky 8 syllable term, is what I'm saying.
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– Ginotitant Cubing
Aug 9 '16 at 22:26
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1
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Thanks, but that's not what I mean. Imagine you are at [0,0,0,0] (the 4th value being spissitude), and you move to [0, 0, 0, 1]. Instead of saying "I moved one unit right", you would have to say "I moved one unit forward in the 4th dimension!" It's a rather bulky 8 syllable term, is what I'm saying.
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– Ginotitant Cubing
Aug 9 '16 at 22:26
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Thanks, but that's not what I mean. Imagine you are at [0,0,0,0] (the 4th value being spissitude), and you move to [0, 0, 0, 1]. Instead of saying "I moved one unit right", you would have to say "I moved one unit forward in the 4th dimension!" It's a rather bulky 8 syllable term, is what I'm saying.
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– Ginotitant Cubing
Aug 9 '16 at 22:26
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Thanks, but that's not what I mean. Imagine you are at [0,0,0,0] (the 4th value being spissitude), and you move to [0, 0, 0, 1]. Instead of saying "I moved one unit right", you would have to say "I moved one unit forward in the 4th dimension!" It's a rather bulky 8 syllable term, is what I'm saying.
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The ones I use are 'ana' and 'kata', which are on the 4-Dimensional space page on Wikipedia1 'ana' and 'kata' as down and up, respectively
answered Dec 22 '18 at 0:43
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The ones I use are 'ana' and 'kata', which are on the 4-Dimensional space page on Wikipedia1 'ana' and 'kata' as down and up, respectively
answered Dec 22 '18 at 0:43
MeeperMeeper
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The ones I use are 'ana' and 'kata', which are on the 4-Dimensional space page on Wikipedia1 'ana' and 'kata' as down and up, respectively
answered Dec 22 '18 at 0:43
MeeperMeeper
11
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The ones I use are 'ana' and 'kata', which are on the 4-Dimensional space page on Wikipedia1 'ana' and 'kata' as down and up, respectively
answered Dec 22 '18 at 0:43
MeeperMeeper
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answered Dec 22 '18 at 0:43
MeeperMeeper
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answered Dec 22 '18 at 0:43
MeeperMeeper
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answered Dec 22 '18 at 0:43
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Is it not inwards and outwards? I remember seeing something about the fourth dimensional axis being focused on in and out.
answered Jan 24 at 6:43
John E TessJohn E Tess
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perhaps more suitable as a comment?
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– Siong Thye Goh
Jan 24 at 7:03
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Is it not inwards and outwards? I remember seeing something about the fourth dimensional axis being focused on in and out.
answered Jan 24 at 6:43
John E TessJohn E Tess
1
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
perhaps more suitable as a comment?
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– Siong Thye Goh
Jan 24 at 7:03
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Is it not inwards and outwards? I remember seeing something about the fourth dimensional axis being focused on in and out.
answered Jan 24 at 6:43
John E TessJohn E Tess
1
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Is it not inwards and outwards? I remember seeing something about the fourth dimensional axis being focused on in and out.
answered Jan 24 at 6:43
John E TessJohn E Tess
1
answered Jan 24 at 6:43
John E TessJohn E Tess
1
answered Jan 24 at 6:43
John E TessJohn E Tess
1
answered Jan 24 at 6:43
John E TessJohn E Tess
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1
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perhaps more suitable as a comment?
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– Siong Thye Goh
Jan 24 at 7:03
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perhaps more suitable as a comment?
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More's terminology is not widely used, and moreover seemed to be restricted to a weird philosophical theory. Whether anyone has ever coined the appropriate terms to analogize "up and down" with respect to "essential spissitude" is an open question, but my feeling is probably not.
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:39
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I guess you are aware of Hinton's terms "ana" and "kata." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard_Hinton
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– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:52
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@GrumpyParsnip I.e., “up” and “down.”
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– amd
Aug 9 '16 at 6:52