quaternion
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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
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
The play of chances which brings up a ternion or a quaternion is nothing compared to what has been required to prevent the combination of which I am reaping the fruits from being disturbed.
From Recollections of My Youth by Renan, Ernest
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
There is no fear of the quaternion of soldiers waking, or of there not being time to do all.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander
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