Meaning

1 senses
  1. An 8-dimensional nonassociative extension of a quaternion with a real part and 7 imaginary parts (each a real multiple of a distinct square root of −1).

    Oktave, Oktonion

    октонио́нoktonión

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
nonassociative extension of a quaternion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
nonassociative extension of a quaternion:

Origin

Blend of Latin octō (“eight”) + quaternion.

Blend of Latin octō (“eight”) + quaternion.

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Forms

plural: octonions
Singularoctonion
Pluraloctonions

regular

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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