hypersphere

Noun

Meaning

(geometry) The set of all points in a given hyperspace that are at a given distance from a given point; a generalization of a sphere in four or more dimensions

(sports) A zorb; the act of zorbing, entering a zorbing ball, strapping into a harness, and rolling down a hill

Examples

The space of our universe is the hypersurface of a vast expanding hypersphere. Rudy Rucker

I had formed a vague idea that the sex sphere was a hypersphere extending into the fourth dimension. Which meant that if the sphere's giant cunt swallowed me I could end up somewhere very... different. Rudy Rucker

In other words: the 30 vertices of the 600-cell which lie at arc distances of 90 degrees on its circumscribed hypersphere from a pair of opposite vertices, are the vertices of an icosidodecahedron. Source: Internet

That is, as a proportion of the relevant unit hypersphere taken up by the generalized angle, or set expressed in spherical coordinates. Source: Internet

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