2007-01-03 08:15:09 · 7 answers · asked by bridger48 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
That's a good question. But I don't think dimensions beyond four have names.
2007-01-03 08:52:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must remember that the 5th dimension is an extra *hypothetical* dimension beyond the usual three spatial and one time dimensions.
Some scientists have speculated that the graviton, a particle thought to carry the force of gravity, may "leak" into the fifth or higher dimensions which would explain how gravity is significantly weaker than the other three fundamental forces. The Kaluza-Klein theory used a fifth dimension to unify gravity with the electromagnetic force, and now is seen as essentially a gauge theory with gauge group the circle group. M-theory suggests that space-time has eleven dimensions, seven of which are "rolled up" to below the sub-atomic level.
2007-01-03 16:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just math, you can name them whatever you want. "x, y and z" are arbitrary; you can just as well say "a, b and c" or "alpha, beta and gamma."
Conventions do arise to make communication easy, so we see x, y, z and t in most textbooks. The fifth dimension is not something widely studied in undergraduate courses and the name would likely reflect what this additional dimension would measure.
2007-01-03 16:35:45 · answer #3 · answered by Bugmän 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't know if a 5th dimension even exists, let alone have a name for this apparently nonexistent dimension.
2007-01-03 16:21:05 · answer #4 · answered by Roman Soldier 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A groovy band from the 60s and 70s.
2007-01-03 16:20:44 · answer #5 · answered by E 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
theoriticaly the 5th dimension is termed t (as for time) it is really complex but was imagined many years earlier and even today there is no proof whetherit exists or not
2007-01-03 16:59:29 · answer #6 · answered by rachit t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
space
2007-01-03 16:49:16 · answer #7 · answered by aorton27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋