octonion

English

Noun

octonion (plural octonions)

(mathematics) An 8-dimensional nonassociative extension of a quaternion with 1 real part and 7 imaginary parts that are each a square root of -1.

Hypernyms

hypercomplex number

Translations

nonassociative extension of a quaternion

French: octonion (fr) m
German: Oktave (de) f, Oktonion f
Italian: ottonione m, ottetto (it) m

Russian: октонио́н m (oktonión)
Spanish: octonión m

See also

(mathematics): sedenion

Anagrams

otoconin

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