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**Object** | **Object** | ||
+ | The Oxford Dictionary defines an object as **a material thing that can be seen and touched**. In TAD, objects are different. | ||
**Shape** | **Shape** | ||
- | A shape is defined by Oxford Dictionary as **the external form, contours, or outline of someone or something**. | + | The Oxford Dictionary |
Therefore, by definition a shape can be an open shape or closed shape. Open shapes include lines and angles. Closed shapes include triangles, squares, rectangles and other polygons. If any closed shape is made up of open shapes, then the closed shape is said to be an ill-formed shape. If the closed shape is holistic and complete in nature, then it is called a **well formed shape**. | Therefore, by definition a shape can be an open shape or closed shape. Open shapes include lines and angles. Closed shapes include triangles, squares, rectangles and other polygons. If any closed shape is made up of open shapes, then the closed shape is said to be an ill-formed shape. If the closed shape is holistic and complete in nature, then it is called a **well formed shape**. | ||
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**Volume** | **Volume** | ||
- | A volume is defined by Oxford Dictionary as **the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container**. Traditionally a volume is associated with a solid object that has mass. | + | The Oxford Dictionary |
In TAD, even voids are objects. Hence, the space within a room also is a volume. | In TAD, even voids are objects. Hence, the space within a room also is a volume. |
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