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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    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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    I guess you are aware of Hinton's terms "ana" and "kata." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard_Hinton
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    @GrumpyParsnip I.e., “up” and “down.”
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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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    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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    I guess you are aware of Hinton's terms "ana" and "kata." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard_Hinton
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    @GrumpyParsnip I.e., “up” and “down.”
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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?



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  • $begingroup$
    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










  • $begingroup$
    @GrumpyParsnip I.e., “up” and “down.”
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    – amd
    Aug 9 '16 at 6:52


















  • $begingroup$
    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.
    $endgroup$
    – Cheerful Parsnip
    Aug 9 '16 at 5:39






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    $begingroup$
    I guess you are aware of Hinton's terms "ana" and "kata." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard_Hinton
    $endgroup$
    – Cheerful Parsnip
    Aug 9 '16 at 5:52










  • $begingroup$
    @GrumpyParsnip I.e., “up” and “down.”
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    – amd
    Aug 9 '16 at 6:52
















$begingroup$
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.
$endgroup$
– Cheerful Parsnip
Aug 9 '16 at 5:39




$begingroup$
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.
$endgroup$
– 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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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".






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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






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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.






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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".






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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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    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".






    share|cite|improve this answer









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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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    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".






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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".







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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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      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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    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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    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






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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






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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.






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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.






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