multivector
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
multivector (plural multivectors)
- (mathematics) A geometric Clifford number (=adding some 0-vector (=scalar) and an oriented rotation (=bivector) or even a volume (=trivector) to a unidirectional 1-vector).
Usage notes edit
- A multivector of grade k may be called a k-vector.
Hyponyms edit
- scalar
- vector
- bivector = binor
- trivector = trinor
- quadvector = quartor
- quintivector = quintor
- sextivector = sextor
- heptivector = heptor
- octovector = octor
- nonavector = nonor
- decavector = dector
- antivector, pseudovector
- pseudoscalar, antiscalar