quaternion
IPA: kwˈɑtɝnjʌn
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.
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Examples of "quaternion" in Sentences
- Quaternion algebra construction.
- Product of two right quaternion.
- Quaternion arithmetic in practice.
- Recall the quaternion conjugation .
- Proof of the quaternion rotation identity.
- A unit quaternion is a quaternion of norm one.
- A 'unit quaternion' is a quaternion of norm one.
- Or that a vector is the imaginary part of a quaternion.
- Denoting the versor of a quaternion by Right quaternion.
- Hamilton could not resist the impulse to carve the formulae for the quaternions.