I'm talking about sci-fi and fantasy vernacular. The one example that sticks out is the TV show "Angel"--the term "Hell dimension" would pop up every week or so. Is a 'dimension' the same as a 'universe' in this sense?
2006-07-06 07:22:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Yes, seemingly as used in this case they refer to the same thing.
In the true sense of alternate (meaning different) length, width, and height would be alternate dimensions. However, from all my Sci-Fi readings, alternate dimensions are usually referred to as those dimensions beyond our senses, hence everything past the 4th (time) dimension. Accordingly, (Sci-Fi) these dimensions still reside within this Universe we live in.
An alternate universe would be a whole universe different from our universe. Alternate universes tend to be created when alternate realities are derived at the juncture of pivotal events. A pivotal event is defined as an event causing an alternate reality to form.
These events may be minor, turning left vs turning right at an intersection, of more consequence, such as the allies losing WWII, or major events, line the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs missing the earth.
Thus an alternate Universe may not have a Hell.
2006-07-06 07:28:39 · answer #1 · answered by Jimmy J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're basicallly the same thing, different wording. Do you remember a tv show, called The Fift Dimension? Or how about The Twilight Zone? Either version, or even the movie? They sort of presented the idea of a different world or reality. So they are the same, in that sense, yes.
2006-07-06 14:27:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so. I think that a universe is much larger than a dimension, and that in fact there are a number of dimensions in the same universe.
2006-07-06 14:29:10 · answer #3 · answered by I think therefore I am 2210 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in this sence i think that the show must be rediculas to use the term dimention ( a well known misinterpreted word) a dimention is power ie. squared is 2 dimentions, for every dimention there must exist a new co-ordinate introduced, there are different types of dimentions,
spacial dimentions, imaginary and time.
i ahve not seen this show but unless this hell dimention is reffereing to somthing of the above i mentioned then i would say they used the wrong word.
2006-07-06 14:30:21 · answer #4 · answered by kevin h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋