hyperspheres

Noun

hypersphere (plural hyperspheres)

1. The set of all points in a given hyperspace that are at a given distance from a given point; a generalization of a sphere in four or more dimensions.
   • The timing and location of these battles have not been established. “Sphere” in this context is a hypersphere made up of complexes of two and three-D surfaces, or membranes, shortened in this translation to “branes,” extending into higher dimensions that combine vectors of transit, but also scalar...2013 March 19, Greg Bear, String 25, in Halo: Silentium (Forerunner Saga; 3), New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 211
2. A zorb; the act of zorbing, entering a zorbing ball, strapping into a harness, and rolling down a hill.