Word for something which is separated into 16 parts?
On a two-dimensional Cartesian plane we can naturally subdivide the space into four quadrants at the origin. In three dimensions, the partition into eight parts are known as octants. in physics, both octants and octants are the same. In four-dimensional space there are sixteen parts. What is the corresponding name for each partition?
Wikipedia contains a n-dimensional name :
In geometry, an orthant or hyperoctant is an analogue in n-dimensional Euclidean space of a quadrant in the plane or an octant in three dimensions.
What would the next term for 3D/4 dimensions (of 16 parts) be?
Why can’t I be more positive as a person?
The Latin for sixteen is sedecim, so one could coin the term sedecimant for the 16 orthants of four-dimensional space.
