quaternion
A group or set of four people or thingsA group or set of four people or things.
» Many students find quaternion arithmetic unintuitive because it has non-commutative multiplication.
Значение
значений: 3A group or set of four people or things.
A word of four syllables.
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.
Quaternion
кватернионkvaternion
- the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
Примеры
предложений: 2Many students find quaternion arithmetic unintuitive because it has non-commutative multiplication.
In quaternion arithmetic, there are more than two distinct square roots of -1.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English quaterniǒun, from Late Latin quaterniō, from quaternī (“four each”) +From Middle English quaterniǒun, from Late Latin quaterniō, from quaternī (“four each”) + -iō, from quater (“four times”). Doublet of kern. The mathematics sense was coined by Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1843.
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Формы
мн. число: quaternions| Ед. число | quaternion |
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Синонимы
синонимов: 11- the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one:four4IVtetradquaternquaternaryquaternityquartet