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  1. Three-dimensional space - Wikipedia

    • In geometry, a three-dimensional space (3D space, 3-space or, rarely, tri-dimensional space) is a mathematical space in which three values (coordinates) are required to determine the position of a point. Most commonly, it is the three-dimensional Euclidean space, that is, the Euclidean space of dimension three, which models physical space. More general thre… See more

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    Books XI to XIII of Euclid's Elements dealt with three-dimensional geometry. Book XI develops notions of … See more

    In Euclidean geometry

    In mathematics, analytic geometry (also called Cartesian geometry) describes every point in three-dimensional space by means of three coordinates. Three coordinate axes are given, each perpendicular to the other two at the … See more

    In linear algebra

    Another way of viewing three-dimensional space is found in linear algebra, where the idea of independence is crucial. Space has three dimensions because the length of a box is independent of its width or breadth. In the technic… See more

     
  1. In geometry, a three-dimensional space (3D space, 3-space or, rarely, tri-dimensional space) is a mathematical space in which three values (coordinates) are required to determine the position of a point. Most commonly, it is the three-dimensional Euclidean space, that is, the Euclidean space of dimension three, which models physical space.
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    A three-dimensional space (3D) has three dimensions, such as length, width, and height (or depth). The term "3D" is commonly used to describe shapes and figures in geometry.
    www.math.net/3d
    In a three-dimensional space, any point can be described with three numbers. Any point on a three-dimensional space has three degrees of freedom. Point A is graphed in the 3D coordinate plane by moving 7 units in the positive direction along the x-axis, 3 units in the positive direction along the y-axis, and 5 units up along the z-axis.
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