英语词汇“quaternion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

qua·ter·ni·on

(kwə-tûrnē-ən)

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 k^wetwer- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	quaternion
释义	qua·ter·ni·on (kwə-tûrnē-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 k^wetwer- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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