hyperplane

Definitions

An n-dimensional generalization of a plane; an affine subspace of dimension n − 1 that splits an n-dimensional space. (In a one-dimensional space, it is a point; in two-dimensional space it is a line; in three-dimensional space, it is an ordinary plane.)

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Examples

“We now have⟳ good reason⟳ to question⟳ the pursuits of the vaunted innovators with whom Liu consorted in California – the blissed-out cultists at Google, whose only worry⟳ is over “the wrong kind of sparkling water in the microkitchens”, or the manic experts who specialise in “envisioning hyperplanes in n-dimensional space”.”

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