Subspace vs Semisimple - What's the difference?
subspace | semisimple |
(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
(mathematics, of a module) In which each submodule is a direct summand.
(mathematics, of an algebra or ring)
(mathematics, of an operator or matrix) For which every invariant subspace has an invariant complement, equivalent to the minimal polynomial being squarefree.
(mathematics, of a Lie algebra) Being a direct sum of simple Lie algebras.
(mathematics, of an algebraic group) Being a linear algebraic group whose radical of the identity component is trivial.
As a noun 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.As an adjective semisimple is
(mathematics|of a module) in which each submodule is a direct summand.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.