# Physics and Dimensions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-and-dimensions/1003498>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 29, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-and-dimensions/1003498 "2024-06-29T18:39:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-and-dimensions/1003498/1 "2024-06-29T18:39:58Z")

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I things were scaled up or down to a point that they were unperceivable to one another but still operated almost identically in most ways would they be considered different dimensions.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-and-dimensions/1003498/2 "2024-06-29T19:00:01Z")

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Could you expand a little on what you mean? It’s not very clear.

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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-and-dimensions/1003498/3 "2024-06-29T19:02:37Z")

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I guess the easiest way to say it would be think of our universe as smaller than a quark in another universe, or maybe even an atom.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-and-dimensions/1003498/4 "2024-06-29T19:08:14Z")

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Still not really getting it. Are you asking if dimensions count as dimensions when the offset is really small? I would say yes - in the same way that lines have no thickness if you’re talking about classical Euclidean spatial dimensions, and angles are cut their spaces infintely sharply

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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-and-dimensions/1003498/5 "2024-06-29T19:15:27Z")

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Not exactly but yes at it’s most finite scale. I like the angle intersect comparison. The angle never changes If there were universes within universes Would they be considered entering a new dimension?

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-and-dimensions/1003498/6 "2024-06-29T19:25:00Z")

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-and-dimensions/1003498/7 "2024-06-29T19:25:54Z")

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Do you have an actual question here, or a topic you want to discuss? This is pretty inarticulate. I’m closing this thread. I encourage you to think about what you want to discuss, and start again with a clearer OP.