quaternion
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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
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
The multitudinous philosophies may thus be reduced to a single quaternion, and the reputed inaugurator of a new philosophy is like to be a charlatan.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by William A. (William Alfred) Quayle
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 Lady Mary Ross
The play of chances which brings up a ternion or a quaternion is nothing compared to what has been required to prevent the combination of which I am reaping the fruits from being disturbed.
From Recollections of My Youth by Ernest Renan
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