Operation Integer
dimension (DirectPosition point = NULL), in Class GM_Object
Documentation
geometric dimension at a point
largest number n such that this point in the geometric set has a subset with the point in its interior that is similar (isomorphic) to a small copy of Rn, Euclidean n-space.
The operation "dimension" shall return the inherent dimension of this GM_Object, which shall be less than or equal to the coordinate dimension. The dimension of a collection of geometric objects shall be the largest dimension of any of its pieces. Points are 0-dimensional, curves are 1-dimensional, surfaces are 2-dimensional, and solids are 3-dimensional. Locally, the dimension of a geometric object at a point is the dimension of a local neighborhood of the point 3/4 that is the dimension of the best local coordinate neighborhood of the point. Dimension is unambiguously defined only for DirectPositions interior to this GM_Object. If the passed DirectPosition is NULL, then the operation shall return the largest possible dimension for any DirectPosition in this GM_Object.
GM_Object::dimension(point : DirectPosition = NULL) : Integer
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