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Is there, or has there ever been, aan unambiguous word for "the leftmost extreme" or "the rightmost extreme"? Such words exist for the other two dimensions.

Imagine you are floating in a cube in space.

  • You can go up until you hit the top.
  • You can go down until you hit the bottom.
  • You can go forward until you hit the front.
  • You can go backward until you hit the (back/rear).
  • You can go left until you hit the _______?
  • You can go right until you hit the _______?

Is there, or has there ever been, a unambiguous word for "the leftmost extreme" or "the rightmost extreme"? Such words exist for the other two dimensions.

Imagine you are floating in a cube in space.

  • You can go up until you hit the top.
  • You can go down until you hit the bottom.
  • You can go forward until you hit the front.
  • You can go backward until you hit the (back/rear).
  • You can go left until you hit the _______?
  • You can go right until you hit the _______?

Is there, or has there ever been, an unambiguous word for "the leftmost extreme" or "the rightmost extreme"? Such words exist for the other two dimensions.

Imagine you are floating in a cube in space.

  • You can go up until you hit the top.
  • You can go down until you hit the bottom.
  • You can go forward until you hit the front.
  • You can go backward until you hit the (back/rear).
  • You can go left until you hit the _______?
  • You can go right until you hit the _______?
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Is there a (current or historical) word for the extremes on the left-right axis?

Is there, or has there ever been, a unambiguous word for "the leftmost extreme" or "the rightmost extreme"? Such words exist for the other two dimensions.

Imagine you are floating in a cube in space.

  • You can go up until you hit the top.
  • You can go down until you hit the bottom.
  • You can go forward until you hit the front.
  • You can go backward until you hit the (back/rear).
  • You can go left until you hit the _______?
  • You can go right until you hit the _______?