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Interestingly in Elements that is a line: a line was defined only by having no breadth (= being 1-dimensional). What is now generally called a line would have t
by masklinn 3y ago
Interestingly in Elements that is a line: a line was defined only by having no breadth (= being 1-dimensional). What is now generally called a line would have to be qualified as straight.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoDoes that mean that a point is also a line as a point has no breadth
- masklinn 3y agoNo because a line does have a length. In Elements a point is dimension-less.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoOkay, so "a line was defined only by having no breadth" should be "a line was defined only by having length and no breadth"