octonion

English

Noun

octonion (plural octonions)

1. (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
• Icelandic: áttundatala f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ottonione m, ottetto (it) m
• Russian: октонио́н m (oktonión)
• Spanish: octonión m

See also

• (mathematics): sedenion

Anagrams

• otoconin