Yes but only in aggregate, like how adding a column to a database table is also adding a "dimension" to said data. I'm not convinced the author's analogy of cr

Yes but only in aggregate, like how adding a column to a database table is also adding a "dimension" to said data. I'm not convinced the author's analogy of cross-writing to fit more information on a page is actually going to be helpful to most people's understanding. It led me at least to try to imagine visually what's going on, to picture the input being physically rotated. This is more akin to the more abstract but inclusive concept of rotation from linear algebra, where more dimensions (of information, not space or time) makes sense.