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  2. Dimension - Wikipedia

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    The inductive dimension of a topological space may refer to the small inductive dimension or the large inductive dimension, and is based on the analogy that, in the case of metric spaces, (n + 1)-dimensional balls have n-dimensional boundaries, permitting an inductive definition based on the dimension of the boundaries of open sets. Moreover ...

  3. Supergravity - Wikipedia

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    The core breakthrough for the 10-dimensional theory, known as the first superstring revolution, was a demonstration by Michael B. Green, John H. Schwarz and David Gross that there are only three supergravity models in 10 dimensions which have gauge symmetries and in which all of the gauge and gravitational anomalies cancel.

  4. String theory - Wikipedia

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    In everyday life, there are three familiar dimensions (3D) of space: height, width and length. Einstein's general theory of relativity treats time as a dimension on par with the three spatial dimensions; in general relativity, space and time are not modeled as separate entities but are instead unified to a four-dimensional (4D) spacetime. In ...

  5. Superstring theory - Wikipedia

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    Some physicists (e.g., John Baez et al.) have speculated that the exceptional Lie groups E 6, E 7 and E 8 having maximum orthogonal subgroups SO(10), SO(12) and SO(16) may be related to theories in 10, 12 and 16 dimensions; 10 dimensions corresponding to string theory and the 12 and 16 dimensional theories being yet undiscovered but would be ...

  6. Size - Wikipedia

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    Size in general is the magnitude or dimensions of a thing. More specifically, geometrical size (or spatial size) can refer to three geometrical measures: length, area, or volume. Length can be generalized to other linear dimensions (width, height, diameter, perimeter). Size can also be measured in terms of mass, especially when assuming a ...

  7. Multiple time dimensions - Wikipedia

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    Multiple independent timeframes, in which time passes at different rates, have long been a feature of stories. [15] Fantasy writers such as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis have made use of these and other multiple time dimensions, such as those proposed by Dunne, in some of their most well-known stories. [15]

  8. List of physical quantities - Wikipedia

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    Dimension Comments Length: l: The one-dimensional extent of an object metre (m) L: extensive: Mass: m: A measure of resistance to acceleration: kilogram (kg) M: extensive, scalar: Time: t: The duration of an event: second (s) T: scalar, intensive, extensive: Electric current: I: Rate of flow of electrical charge per unit time: ampere (A) I ...

  9. Large extra dimensions - Wikipedia

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    This would be some 10 eV of mass, about a thousand times bigger than what is measured. This term also allows for lepton number violating pion decays, and for proton decay. In fact, in all operators with dimension greater than four, there are CP, baryon, and lepton-number violations. The only way to suppress them is to deal with them term by ...