quaternion
Kelime Anlamı :
1. kuaterniyon.
2. dördey.
3. dört şey veya kişiden ibaret takım.
Tanımlar :
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.
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.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
the number four.
2. A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like.
3. A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
4. 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.
5. to divide into quaternions, files, or companies.
2. A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like.
3. A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
4. 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.
5. to divide into quaternions, files, or companies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
to divide into quaternions, files, or companies.
2. A set, group, or body of four: applied to persons or things.
3. A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
4. A fourfold quantity capable of being expressed in the form xi + yj + zk + w, where x, y, z, w are scalars, or real numbers, while i, j, k are vectors, or quantities whose squares are negative scalars. the calculus of such quantities is termed quaternions.
5. in book-making, a set or ‘gathering’ of four sheets of paper or parchment folded in two.
2. A set, group, or body of four: applied to persons or things.
3. A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
4. A fourfold quantity capable of being expressed in the form xi + yj + zk + w, where x, y, z, w are scalars, or real numbers, while i, j, k are vectors, or quantities whose squares are negative scalars. the calculus of such quantities is termed quaternions.
5. in book-making, a set or ‘gathering’ of four sheets of paper or parchment folded in two.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia