Subspace vs Hyperplane - What's the difference?
subspace | hyperplane |
(mathematics) A subset of a space which is a space in its own right.
(science fiction) Any (often unspecified) method of communicating faster than light.
(BDSM) The psychological state of the submissive or "bottom" during sadomasochistic activity.
* 2000 , Gloria G Brame, Come hither: a commonsense guide to kinky sex?
* 2003 , Chelsea Shepard, Two Moons: Worthy of a Master Book One
(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.)
As nouns the difference between subspace and hyperplane
is that subspace is (mathematics) a subset of a space which is a space in its own right or subspace can be (bdsm) the psychological state of the submissive or "bottom" during sadomasochistic activity while hyperplane is (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).subspace
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
(in sense of (submissive)), punning on the other etymology from (sub-).Noun
(-)- My problem, though, is that when he whips me, I resist going into subspace . He has to whip me for fifteen or twenty minutes before I even begin to feel any psychological effects.
- When he was far gone into subspace , pain was enough to make him come.