You have probably heard people refer to the fourth dimension before but maybe you weren't sure what they mean by it. Well, first let's remember that we live in 3 dimensional spaces. How do we know? - We have three directions of free movement:
1.) Left/Right
2.) Back/Forth
3.) Up/Down
Because we have three possible directions, it will take three values to describe the position of any point (x,y,z). In two dimensions, we only need two points: (x,y). In three dimensions, I could tell you to go forward 8 feet, right 12 feet, and then you reach a rope. Climb up the rope 6 feet. Notice that each of these three directions is perpendicular to each other...
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