# dimensional (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover dimensional. Page: Feed: --- ## [Cinematophote](https://zerogravitas.net/2026/08/15/cinematophote/) _2026-08-15 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun A handheld round plate that displays moving images on its surface. Origin Derived from cinematograph (‘movement writing’) and phōto- (light). Source The Machine Stops ## [Habiform](https://zerogravitas.net/2026/07/12/habiform/) _2026-07-12 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ verb Technically correct term for what is usually called terraforming ; altering any already existing environment to suit it to the needs of one or more species. Origin Pairing of ‘habitat’ and form (to create). Source Matter ## [Behemothaur](https://zerogravitas.net/2026/06/27/behemothaur/) _2026-06-27 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun A large floating animal, able to move about its gaseous environment. Origin Pairing of behemoth (mighty beast) and aura (air). Source Look to Windward ## [Metamathics](https://zerogravitas.net/2026/05/29/metamathics/) _2026-05-29 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun The investigation of the properties of Realities (more correctly, Reality-fields) intrinsically unknowable by and from our own, but whose general principles could be hazarded at. Origin Contraction of metamathematics , a branch of mathematics dealing with mathematical systems and their nature. Source Excession ## [Clanker](https://zerogravitas.net/2026/02/22/clanker/) _2026-02-22 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun informal A robot. Origin Derived from clank , the sound of metal colliding. Source Gateway ## [Liferoo](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/12/23/liferoo/) _2025-12-23 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun informal A disciple of the Church of Life Evolving. Origin The Church believes that life is the ultimate good and that anti-life – entropy – is the ultimate evil. Source Tuf Voyaging ## [Chronowarp](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/11/23/chronowarp/) _2025-11-23 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun A device able to warp the very weave of the fabric of time, to hurry it or hold it still. Origin Pairing of khrónos (time) and ‘warp’. Source Tuf Voyaging ## [Impietist](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/10/04/impietist/) _2025-10-04 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun One who practises impiety. Origin Pairing of ‘impiety’ with the suffix -ist (to practice). Source Against A Dark Background ## [Theophobia](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/10/04/theophobia/) _2025-10-04 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun The fear and hatred of gods. Origin Pairing of theo (god) and phobia (fear). Source Against A Dark Background ## [Metaplegic](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/09/07/metaplegic/) _2025-09-07 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ adjective Of or relating to a bodily paralysis triggered by a disorder elsewhere in the body. noun A person who suffers from metaplegia. Origin Pairing of meta (from ‘metastasis’) and plegia (paralysis). Source Against A Dark Background ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bR2NNsjTAt5Q) _2025-09-07 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Junklight](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/08/10/junklight/) _2025-08-10 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun The light reflected by orbiting artificial satellites seen in the night sky. Origin Space junk , objects in orbit with no useful purpose. Source Against A Dark Background ## [Synchroneurobonding](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/08/10/synchroneurobonding/) _2025-08-10 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun A virus that makes a group of infectees better able to anticipate one another’s reactions. Source Against A Dark Background ## [How to build the Stasheff Associahedron out of a trefoil knot](https://francisrlb.com/2025/07/27/how-to-build-the-stasheff-associahedron-out-of-a-trefoil-knot/) _2025-07-27 · francisrlb · Francis Bischoff_ The Stasheff Associahedra are a family of polytopes that seem to be ubiquitous, but in particular are strongly linked to associativity. Here are the first few: The vertices of the -dimensional associahedron are in bijection with bracketings of the word , or equivalently, with the set of planar binary trees with leaves. For example, there Continue reading How to build the Stasheff Associahedron out… ## [Jambles](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/06/28/jambles/) _2025-06-28 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun informal The area of space between the Fringe and the highly civilized worlds around Old Earth. Origin Derived from ‘jumbled’ in reference to the effects of the Double War on these planet’s civilizations. Source Dying Of The Light ## [Outworlds](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/06/15/outworlds/) _2025-06-15 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun plural Collective term for all the worlds of the Fringe; those fourteen human colonies between the Tempter’s Veil and the Great Black Sea. Source Dying Of The Light ## [Endwife](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/05/11/endwife/) _2025-05-11 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun A woman who has vowed to tend the stricken, help the hurt to live, and bury the dead. Origin Pairing of ‘end’ (cessation) and wif (woman). Source The Deep ## [Autopsychomimesis](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/03/22/autopsychomimesis/) _2025-03-22 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun A self-perpetuated imitation complex. Source He Who Shapes ## [Dirtside](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/02/24/dirtside/) _2025-02-24 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun The surface of a planet. Origin “Dirtside – that was the only word for it. What did the globes of dust have to offer after the clear sharp world of space?” Source Spaceship Medic ## [Blindspin](https://zerogravitas.net/2025/01/05/blindspin/) _2025-01-05 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun A journey in a self-driving vehicle to a destination selected at random. Origin Coined after the idiom “take for a spin”. Source He Who Shapes ## [Normform](https://zerogravitas.net/2024/12/05/normform/) _2024-12-05 · Daniel Pimley · Zero Gravitas_ noun A body with unmodified anatomy. Source The Keys to December ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CnUDrInV7nlc) _2024-12-05 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [The Volume of an Even Dimensional Ball](https://francisrlb.com/2024/10/17/the-volume-of-an-even-dimensional-ball/) _2024-10-17 · francisrlb · Francis Bischoff_ What is the volume of a ball of dimension and radius ? This ball is the following subset of : and we measure the volume using the standard Euclidean measure. If you only need the answer for even dimensions, here s an easy way to remember: define to be the sum of the volumes of balls Continue reading The Volume of an Even Dimensional Ball