Eli5 What exactly is a tesseract?

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Please explain like I’m actually 5. I’m scientifically illiterate.

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Line = 1 directions (positive x, or negative x)

Square = 2 directions (+x, +y and -x, -y)

Cube = 3 directions (+x, +y, +z, and -x, -y, -z)

Tesseract = 4 directions (idk but there’s the same as 3 but with whatever a fourth one would be in this fourth dimension too)

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