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Subspace vs Hyperplane - What's the difference?

subspace | hyperplane |

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)
  • (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.
  • Etymology 2

    (in sense of (submissive)), punning on the other etymology from (sub-).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (BDSM) The psychological state of the submissive or "bottom" during sadomasochistic activity.
  • * 2000 , Gloria G Brame, Come hither: a commonsense guide to kinky sex?
  • 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.
  • * 2003 , Chelsea Shepard, Two Moons: Worthy of a Master Book One
  • When he was far gone into subspace , pain was enough to make him come.

    Coordinate terms

    * topspace

    hyperplane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.)