quaternion
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If you derive a quaternion multiplication table from the fundamental formula Hamilton carved into Broome Bridge, you’ll find that ij = k, but ji = -k.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2016
Indeed, mere months after Hamilton’s quaternion brain wave, his friend John T. Graves debuted “octaves,” a kind of double quaternion now called octonions.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2016
Four soldiers formed a quaternion; four quaternions therefore were sixteen men, who were especially appointed to guard Peter.
From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary
A quaternion of pieces called “The Nights” will supply us perhaps with our best single extract, at once practicable and characteristic.
From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
Outside the quaternion were the dancing Pauppukkeewis, the Whirlwind, and the fierce and shifty hero, Monobozho, the North-West Wind.
From Nature Mysticism by Mercer, John Edward
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