"hyperball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hyperballs [plural]
Etymology: hyper- + ball Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hyper|ball}} hyper- + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} hyperball (plural hyperballs)
  1. (geometry) The set of all points that make a hypersphere. Categories (topical): Geometry, Higher-dimensional geometry, Shapes

Inflected forms

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