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| Sep 23, 2020 at 17:54 | comment | added | Dale | We don't have standard English words to describe 4 dimensional shapes. So that is why I said "roughly" and then described in more detail the shape in the second sentence. A cylinder is a 3 dimensional shape whose cross sections are 2D disks, this is a 4 dimensional shape whose cross sections are 3D balls. So a cylinder is the best English word to describe it. | |
| Sep 23, 2020 at 17:49 | comment | added | Johnny | Does it even make sense to talk about cylinders in 4 dimensions? To me it would seem you are describing a a flat circle in 2+ 1 dimensions. | |
| Sep 23, 2020 at 17:34 | history | edited | Dale | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 23, 2020 at 17:15 | history | answered | Dale | CC BY-SA 4.0 |