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Old 21-02-2009, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by renormalised View Post
It'd be strange watching something in one dimension propagating, especially in Flatland, because of their unique perspective on things.
In my mind Flatland is 2D. I think a better term would be Lineland.

Waves propagating through Lineland would be compressional and as "space" would all move as the wave passed I doubt if the inhabitants would experience it. Unless they built something akin to a gravitational wave detector.
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