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  • noun An (n—1)-dimensional plane, defined in n-dimensional space by a homogeneous linear equation between its homogeneous coördinates.

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  • noun 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)

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Examples

  • Alternatively, you could use discriminant analysis: find the hyperplane in role playing, sexual orientation, minority group space that best separates those with mental health problems from those without.

    Role Player Study released 2010

  • We want to see Richard Seaton blow up the Fenacrhone space-battlewagon with his third-order zone of force, assuming he can escape from the fourth-dimensional evil of the hyperplane.

    Rothfuss on Genre Fiction 2007

  • The hyperplane-dependent theory is genuinely relativistic.

    Action at a Distance in Quantum Mechanics Berkovitz, Joseph 2007

  • In any case, Myrvold's proposal demonstrates that even if state collapses are not hyperplane dependent, they need not be incompatible with relativity theory.

    Action at a Distance in Quantum Mechanics Berkovitz, Joseph 2007

  • This time, I could clearly see the sphere, extending "above" and "below" the hyperplane of three-dimensional space in smooth hemispheres.

    Orphans of Chaos 2005

  • Phillips seems to go further and say something to the effect that any vector of random noise can be explained presumably meaning something other than the trivial “you pick the significance of the explanation, and I pick an explaining hyperplane”.

    Spurious Significance #1 « Climate Audit 2005

  • Their little hyperplane was skimming at the brink of space, and the crew was locked inside the cockpit, and the two of them were sharing the little foldout bed.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • The Unit Theorem implies that this map has the roots of unity as kernel and maps '' U '' to a lattice of full rank in a hyperplane.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The Unit Theorem implies that this map has the roots of unity as kernel and maps '' U '' to a lattice of full rank in a hyperplane.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Each of the training examples which supports the dividing line (or more accurately the dividing hyperplane) has a value in the array lagrangeMults which effectively defines it's weight.

    Planet PHP 2009

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