octonion

English

Noun

octonion (plural octonions)

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

Hypernyms

• hypercomplex number

Translations

nonassociative extension of a quaternion

• French: octonion (fr) m
• German: Oktave (de) f, Oktonion f
• Icelandic: áttundatala f
• Italian: ottonione m, ottetto (it) m
• Russian: октонио́н m (oktonión)
• Spanish: octonión m

See also

• imaginary unit
• quaternion
• sedenion

Anagrams

• otoconin