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

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

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

It is doubtful if you even know what a quaternion is, still less how it functions; probably you think of it as a small four-legged animal with a hard shell.

From If I May by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)