How to pronounce “quaternion”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A group or set of four people or things.
• A word of four syllables.
• (mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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