B Clarification about Fractal Dimensions

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Hi there, so recently we had professor's assistant covering our class and he decided to talk about Fractal Dimensions. Maybe its just the concept or his explenation but we all left the class bewildered to say the least.

Could someone clarify for me, how do we refer to the number of dimensions? My understanding was always that they are uniform integers 1,2,3. Based on what my current comprehension is, we have 1-3 dimensions? :confused:
 
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