The study of how atoms and molecules arrange themselves when they have access to more than three spatial dimensions, leading to chemical structures that would blow your 3D mind. In 4D, carbon can form bonds in directions that would be impossible here, creating molecules with properties that we can't even imagine—including, possibly, a solvent that actually removes red wine stains. N-dimensional chemistry explains why certain reactions seem to happen "magically" in labs: they're just tapping into higher-dimensional configurations that occasionally leak into our 3D reality. The periodic table in N dimensions has elements that don't exist here, which is frustrating for chemists who would really like to work with unobtainium.
*Example: "He proposed an N-dimensional chemistry experiment to synthesize a molecule that existed only in 5D. His grant was denied with the note 'please specify which dimension you'll be working in.' He said 'all of them.' They said 'no.' He now believes that 5D molecules are real but suppressed by the grant committee, which exists only in 3D and is therefore fundamentally limited."*
by Dumu The Void February 14, 2026
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