four-dimensional
adjective
ˈfȯr-də-ˈmen(t)-sh(ə-)nəl 
also -dī-
: relating to or having four dimensions
four-dimensional space-time continuum
especially
: consisting of or relating to elements requiring four coordinates to determine them
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t was already a mind-bending shift, last century, to go from Isaac Newton’s absolute space and universal time to Albert Einstein’s four-dimensional space-time, which is dynamic, flexible, sensitive to the touch.
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Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
The team behind the new work calls the scheme a tesseract code, after the four-dimensional cube, as the connections among its qubits share a similar layout as the corners of a tesseract.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2024
Similarly, in the AdS/CFT correspondence, the four-dimensional CFT encodes everything about the five-dimensional AdS space it is associated with.
—Adam Becker, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
One of the pieces on display is a constantly moving, three-dimensional shadow of a four-dimensional object.
—Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2024
This process converts the plane into a curvy surface in four-dimensional space.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
That same year Simon Donaldson introduced differential geometry (which combines calculus and geometry) into the field with his work on four-dimensional manifolds.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024
To picture that dimension, Vafa said, think of every point on the imagined surface of our four-dimensional world and attach a small loop to it.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
What would Madonna look like as a Bond villain, playing four-dimensional chess and always being 12 steps ahead of Al.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023
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Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
The team behind the new work calls the scheme a tesseract code, after the four-dimensional cube, as the connections among its qubits share a similar layout as the corners of a tesseract.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2024
Similarly, in the AdS/CFT correspondence, the four-dimensional CFT encodes everything about the five-dimensional AdS space it is associated with.
—Adam Becker, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
One of the pieces on display is a constantly moving, three-dimensional shadow of a four-dimensional object.
—Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2024
This process converts the plane into a curvy surface in four-dimensional space.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
That same year Simon Donaldson introduced differential geometry (which combines calculus and geometry) into the field with his work on four-dimensional manifolds.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024
To picture that dimension, Vafa said, think of every point on the imagined surface of our four-dimensional world and attach a small loop to it.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
What would Madonna look like as a Bond villain, playing four-dimensional chess and always being 12 steps ahead of Al.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023
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“Four-dimensional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/four-dimensional. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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