There are three dimensions talked about throughout Flatland.
Flatland
Flatland is a two-dimensional world. In this world the people can only move forward back and side to side. They cant go up or down. They are a flat surface moving on a flat surface. the people of the world are flat shapes. the men are polygons with the number of sides depending on their rank in society. The women are flat, straight lines. They have no shape at all.
Lineland
Lineland is a one-dimensional world. In this world the people are points on a line. When A. Square was in line land the people could only see A. Square as four points not an actual square. He was trying to convince the people of Lineand that there was a two dimensional world.
Spaceland
Spaceland is a three-dimensional world where the people are actual 3D shapes. When A.Square appears in this world he can only see the front part of the sphere showing him around. The people of Spaceland can see a.Square as a shape but not a 3D shape. As A. Square is moving around Spaceland he begins to see the whole shape of the sphere.
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