diff --git a/polymerist/genutils/typetools.py b/polymerist/genutils/typetools.py
index d0dd3a1..44f75a7 100644
--- a/polymerist/genutils/typetools.py
+++ b/polymerist/genutils/typetools.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '''Additional type-hinting and typechecking not provided by builtins'''
 
-from typing import Any, Callable, ParamSpec, TypeVar, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, ParamSpec, TypeAlias, TypeVar, Union
 import numpy.typing # NOTE : this import is necessary to use np.typing calls
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -33,4 +33,18 @@ def isinunion(var : Any) -> bool:
 
 isnumeric = _union_member_factory(Numeric)
 isarraylike = _union_member_factory(ArrayLike)
-isjsonserializable = _union_member_factory(JSONSerializable)
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+isjsonserializable = _union_member_factory(JSONSerializable)
+
+# NUMPY-SPECIFIC TYPEHINTS
+N = TypeVar('N', bound=int) # for typing arbitrary array dimension
+M = TypeVar('M', bound=int) # for typing arbitrary array dimension
+DType = TypeVar('DType', bound=np.generic)
+Shape : TypeAlias = tuple
+
+Coords2D : TypeAlias = np.ndarray[Shape[M, 2], DType] # an Mx2 array of M 3D coordinates
+Coords3D : TypeAlias = np.ndarray[Shape[M, 3], DType] # an Mx3 array of M 3D coordinates
+CoordsND : TypeAlias = np.ndarray[Shape[M, N], DType] # an MxN array of M ND coordinates
+
+Vector2D : TypeAlias = np.ndarray[Shape[2], DType] # a 1x2 array of M 3D coordinates
+Vector3D : TypeAlias = np.ndarray[Shape[3], DType] # a 1x3 array of M 3D coordinates
+VectorND : TypeAlias = np.ndarray[Shape[N], DType] # a 1xN array of M ND coordinates
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