Associations to the word «Quaternion»

Wiktionary

QUATERNION, noun. A group or set of four people or things.
QUATERNION, noun. A word of four syllables.
QUATERNION, noun. (mathematics) A four-dimensional hypercomplex number that consists of a real dimension and 3 imaginary ones (i, j, k) that are each a square root of -1. They are commonly used in vector mathematics and in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.

Dictionary definition

QUATERNION, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin