单词 | quaternion |
释义 | qua·ter·ni·on (kwə-tûrnē-ən) n. 1. A set of four persons or items. 2. Mathematics Any number of the form a + bi + cj + dk where a, b, c, and d are real numbers, ij = k, i2 = j2 = -1, and ij = -ji. Under addition and multiplication, quaternions have all the properties of a field, except multiplication is not commutative. [Middle English quaternioun, from Late Latin quaterniō, quaterniōn-, from Latin quaternī, by fours, from quater, four times; see kwetwer- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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