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quaternion

/kwuh-tur-nee-uhn/US // kwəˈtɜr ni ən //UK // (kwəˈtɜːnɪən) //

四元数,四元论,四元组,四元数的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a group or set of four persons or things.
    • : Bookbinding. four gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.
    • : Mathematics. an expression of the form a + bi + cj + dk, where a,b,c, and d are real numbers; i2 = j2 = k2 = −1; and ij = −ji = k, jk = −kj = i, and ki = −ik = j.a quantity or operator expressed as the sum of a real number and three complex numbers, equivalent to the quotient of two vectors. The field of quaternions is not commutative under multiplication.

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Examples

  • Of course, each player also does his best to stop his opponent from forming his quaternion or file of four.

  • Keep forming threes as long as you can so as to force your opponent to stop the threatened quaternion.

  • His days are thus described: from dawn to the third hour he copied rapidly, filling a (quaternion) each day.

  • Even then the captain of the gate was replying to a question from the quaternion.

  • Should neither player be able to form a quaternion, then the game is drawn.