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quaternion - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'quaternion' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Quaternion [ n.]
- The number four.
- A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like.
- A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
- The quotient of two vectors, or of two directed right lines in space, considered as depending on four geometrical elements, and as expressible by an algebraic symbol of quadrinomial form.
2 . Quaternion [ v. t.]
- To divide into quaternions, files, or companies.