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English

Etymology

quaternion +? -ic

Adjective

quaternionic (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a quaternion

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English quaternioun, from Late Latin quaterni?, from quatern?, ablative form of quater (“four times”) + -i?n. The mathematics sense was coined by William Rowan Hamilton in 1843.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kw??t??ni.?n/

Noun

quaternion (plural quaternions)

1. A group or set of four people or things.
2. A word of four syllables.
3. (mathematics) A four-dimensional hypercomplex number that consists of a real dimension and three imaginary ones (i, j, k) that are each an independent square root of -1. They are commonly used in vector mathematics and in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.

Synonyms

• (group of four): foursome, tetrad; see also Thesaurus:quartet

Hypernyms

• hypercomplex number

Derived terms

• quaternionic

Translations

See also

• (mathematics):
  • octonion
  • sedenion
  • trigintaduonion

Further reading

• Cayley–Dickson construction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References