English Explanatory Dictionary

hyperplane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.)

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hyperplane.wav

Word forms

hyperplane hyperplanes

Etymology

From hyper- + plane.

Related words

hypersurface
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