quaternion

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Plural noun:

quaternions

1.
A group or set of four people or things.
2.
A word of four syllables.
3.
(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.

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From Middle English quaterniǒun, from quaterniō, from quaternī (four each) + -iō, from quater (four times). kern. The mathematics sense was Q11887, 1843.