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Regarding infinite sized dimensions

Theglassman12

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Say there’s characters with feats that can traverse an infinite sized dimension, would that by default translate to infinite speed or would there need to be some evidence they traversed most or all of it for it to count?
 
Say there’s characters with feats that can traverse an infinite sized dimension, would that by default translate to infinite speed or would there need to be some evidence they traversed most or all of it for it to count?
If they're stated to have reached the very end/border of said dimension, then it should be fine.
 
Basically either one of the following:

A: Someone wanders around the dimension endlessly and just stumbles onto some border between dimensions by accident.

B: Normally traversing through this dimension without much elaboration.

C: Going to the deepest reaches of said dimension.
 
Basically either one of the following:

A: Someone wanders around the dimension endlessly and just stumbles onto some border between dimensions by accident.

B: Normally traversing through this dimension without much elaboration.

C: Going to the deepest reaches of said dimension.
Not sure about B, but definitely A and C
 
Basically either one of the following:

A: Someone wanders around the dimension endlessly and just stumbles onto some border between dimensions by accident.

B: Normally traversing through this dimension without much elaboration.

C: Going to the deepest reaches of said dimension.
Yeah, A is good

B is a no in most of the case

C It's strange, it may be that it reaches the limits of known parts, however there is still more to explore in the unknown regions
 
None of those necessitate infinite speed.
If they're stated to have reached the very end/border of said dimension, then it should be fine.
If an infinite realm has a border, that's not a location that's moving at an infinite speed such that you'd need infinite speed to reach it.

And so, you could arrive there with finite speed simply by happening to enter that realm a finite distance away from it.
Well, depends, like move from A to B inside of that Dimension or go from each edges of that dimension?
Going from edge to edge would often qualify, but we should be careful of cases where the realm isn't infinite in each direction. We wouldn't typically assume that for just "this realm is infinite", but watch out that there isn't any information indicating that.
Basically either one of the following:

A: Someone wanders around the dimension endlessly and just stumbles onto some border between dimensions by accident.

B: Normally traversing through this dimension without much elaboration.

C: Going to the deepest reaches of said dimension.
A can be done by happening to start a finite distance from that border.

Traversing such a place can be done with finite speeds.

C can be done by happening to start a finite distance from those deepest reaches.
 
How exactly would it be a finite distance if reaching the deepest reaches would imply you’ve still traversed literal infinity?
 
How exactly would it be a finite distance if reaching the deepest reaches would imply you’ve still traversed literal infinity?
Because "reached the deepest reaches" doesn't imply that.

You don't need to traverse an entire cave to reach the deepest reaches of it.
 
It's case by case; simply traveling to other dimensions through sheer movement is just dimensional travel and not speed of any level. Simply entering or exiting being the contest for "Traversing" wouldn't really mean much. But traveling to "The edge of something infinite" would qualify for infinite speed. Though traversing an infinite number of worlds/dimensions is a different story since one doesn't need to even go from "Edge to edge" to travel, but simply stepping foot in an infinite number of dimensions one by one would still translate to an infinite number of steps and thus infinite.
 
It's case by case; simply traveling to other dimensions through sheer movement is just dimensional travel and not speed of any level. Simply entering or exiting being the contest for "Traversing" wouldn't really mean much.
Agreed.
But traveling to "The edge of something infinite" would qualify for infinite speed.
I disagree, if such an edge exists, there's no reason for reaching it to require infinite speed unless you believe it's moving away at an infinite speed. Otherwise, there would be locations in space that are a finite distance away from it, and would require only a finite speed to reach it.
Though traversing an infinite number of worlds/dimensions is a different story since one doesn't need to even go from "Edge to edge" to travel, but simply stepping foot in an infinite number of dimensions one by one would still translate to an infinite number of steps and thus infinite.
Agreed.
 
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