Meaning & use
Glome
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In geometry, the three-dimensional surface of a four-dimensional sphere, also called a 3-sphere or hypersphere.
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Mathematicians visualize a glome as the four-dimensional analogue of an ordinary sphere.
The simulation projected a rotating glome onto a two-dimensional screen.
A note on using this word
The term is niche, used mainly in recreational and higher-dimensional geometry to give the 3-sphere a name parallel to "circle" (2D) and "sphere" (3D).
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