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hypersurface

Noun

Meaning

hypersurface (plural hypersurfaces)

(mathematics) A n-dimensional surface in a space (often a Euclidean space) of dimension n+1

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More commonly a space-like hypersurface is defined technically as a surface such that the normal vector at every point is time-like, but the definition above may be somewhat more intuitive. Source: Internet

;Sectioning Just as a slice through a polyhedron reveals a cut surface, so a slice through a 4-polytope reveals a cut "hypersurface" in three dimensions. Source: Internet

The gradient of F is then normal to the hypersurface. Source: Internet

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