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[–] thenewred 3 points 4 days ago

In math, a dimension doesn't have to be tied to our real physical dimensions. In two dimensions, you need two values to represent a point (a, b). In three dimensions, you need three values, (a, b, c). It simply keeps going, more dimensions means more values. Of course it gets harder to visualize, but the math keeps working.