hyperplane

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Noun

hyperplane (plural hyperplanes)

1. (geometry) 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.)

Related terms

• hypersurface

Translations

• French: hyperplan
• German: Hyperebene
• Russian: гиперпло́скость

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