What is 4th Dimensional in TLBW?

## What is this page?

On this page i will be explaining to you, the dear reader what we constitute as 4th dimensional and how it interacts with the other tiers. This should be really useful for all of you who want to know where a character would scale in reference to dimensional statements such as key words including "Transcend" or something similar!

## What is a space-time?

How most of modern physics and TLBW define a space-time continuum is a cosmological model that includes 3 dimensions for space and one temporal dimension to create a whole 4 dimensional space-time! Its very important to define a few things.

What is spatial dimension?

What is a temporal dimension?

Can they be one in the same?

Lets answer all of that right now!

## What is a spatial dimension?

In mathematics and physics what we define a spatial dimension is something with physical directions and areas of energy motion.

The 1 dimensional space is considered a "line" which would only represent one way of energy movement that's called "Length". The first dimension, as already noted, is **that which gives it length (aka.** **the x-axis)**. A good description of a one-dimensional object is a straight line, which exists only in terms of length and has no other discernible qualities

The 2nd dimensional space includes the same aspects of a "line" but now adds a new direction of energy movement **(The y-axis)**. The second dimension is a group of line called a plane. It consists of all the possible states of a line, all of these aspects gives it individuality and more features and qualities that can occur with a new area of direction.

The third dimension involves depth **(the z-axis)**, and gives all objects a sense of area and a cross-section. The perfect example of this is a cube, which exists in three dimensions and has a length, width, depth, and hence volume. the 3rd dimension is where humans and all energies that make up us (without depth into quantum mechanics) exist and are measured. All energy interactions and physical properties of anything that can be experienced are here!

## What is a temporal dimension?

A temporal dimension is often referred to as "The dimension for time". This is because time isnt a real physical thing, the idea behind time and behind the temporal dimension is that it only exists to measure the energy interactions and physical change within the first 3 given dimensions. The spatial dimensions are where energy and people exist and the 4th dimension or the temporal dimension is there to simply measure that change. This idea is often not explored very far into fictional verses and they tend to use things that imply the 4th dimension is another physical coordinate of space implying more vectors and directions of spatial existence.

## How does 4D tie into 5D

In the cases of fictional statements that include "Transcending to a higher dimension" this person would **NOT** be considered 4D. This is because the way to obtain 4D as its own tiering is to release infinite 3D energy or "High-Universe Levels" of energy and stop/remove all energy interactions and opportunity for physical change. In fiction people who have abstract interactions with time and can show some sort of governing over it would not gain any higher levels of physical existence that would show dominance over immediate scaling but would rather gain aspects of power that pertain to the classifications of universal physical change. This includes "Physics manipulations" "Time manipulation" and things of the sort (Only to the extent they are shown). Someone who is 5th dimensional has transcended the physical bounds of a 4D space-time and now has more vectors and directions of physical energy movement. This character no longer is bound by space and time and will most likely be highlighted as such.

## Can Spatial and Temporal dimensions be one in the same?

In fiction there can be the case of a temporal dimension (or the measure of change) being represented by a whole new spatial coordinate that governs over "time". In some fictional mediums they highlight time as an abstract thing that isn't the measure of change in energy but rather a universal force in itself that is separate from space and energy interactions. In these cases someone who is to transcend to that level which has been properly demonstrated to stated to be a higher dimension in the sense of physical space they can be 5D and on the same dimension as time not transcending it. This would only limit them to how their verse is shown they can control/manipulate time and is given on a case to case basis.

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