hyperplane

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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