quaternion
Quaternion (noun) means a group or set of four people or things.
Etymology
From Middle English quaterniǒun, from Late Latin quaterniō, from quaternī (“four each”) + -iō, from quater (“four times”). Doublet of kern. The mathematics sense was coined by Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1843.
Rhymes for quaternion
Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of quaternion?
"quaternion" (noun) means a group or set of four people or things.
What are the different meanings of quaternion?
"quaternion" has 3 main meanings: 1. A group or set of four people or things; 2. A word of four syllables; 3. 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.