_HERA_ said:
How many dimensions are there? 7 ...8? what do they stand for?
Where to start....
Ok basically we all know a 2d figure has length and width, a 3d figure has added depth, and a 4d figure has a course of movement (per se)..
But that is only the laws of physics applied in such a way that it only gives a constant.
Now let's assume that everything that happens in 2d is a diagonal line ONLY in the 1st quadrant (1d being either the x or y axis but never both)
Lets say that in 3d, the 4th quadrant is applied (basically by now X is always a positive, but now the Y has both a negative and positive... depth) But I must note that the axis are interchangeable in 3d.. but in 4d, they 'deterioriate', for the sake of this discussion i will stick to starting at X...
4d is then the implimentation of the 2nd and 3rd quadrants (X now being able to become a negative... giving us the instantaneous and infinite implosion i was talking about in "Christians are creepy people")
Before the 4th dimension, every plot had a starting point and extended into infinity (the geometric term ray). In 4th dimension, these rays become lines giving us absolutely no starting point and extending into infinity.
This entire time, 4 dimensions have been explained on a 2 dimensional geometric plane (an X and Y axis)...
Now this is where is gets complicated... Take a cube and disect into 8 quarter cubes... Of course this is when we must assign coordinates (I believe this is where calculus comes into play and I am using this only as an example to explain physical dimensions) The right 4 cubes will have positive X, the left 4 cubes will have negative X. The top 4 cubes will have positive Y, bottom 4 with negative Y. The front 4 positive Z, the back 4 negative Z.
I hope you aren't already confused... if you that understand here is my interpretation of the 5th dimension(this will probably make you just scratch your head... i needed to draw references just so I didn't get lost...lol). Take positive X,Y,Z cubic quadrant. Start at the origin and draw a diagonal line to the corner of the cube and extend into infinity. This is the laws of 4D applied to that cubic quadrant.
5th dimension would be 2 rays, both starting at origin and working out to infinity at X,Y,Z and X,-Y,Z.
6th dimension would be 4 rays, X,Y,Z; X,-Y,Z; -X,-Y,Z; -X,Y,Z
7th dimension would be 8 rays, X,Y,Z; X,-Y,Z; -X,-Y,Z; -X,Y,Z; X,Y,-Z; X,-Y,-Z; -X,-Y,-Z; -X,Y,-Z
I've condensed the laws of physics into a simple application of plotting lines for convenience purposes... But I've also expanded the basis for which the laws of physics can be applied. I have explained 7 dimensions into a 3 dimensional cubic plane.
edit: Oh yes, in the 7th dimension, things become instaneous and infinite again.... Perhaps it is a loop?
This is just the tip of the explanation