"octonion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: octonions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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). Wikipedia link: octonion Categories (topical): Eight, Higher-dimensional geometry, Mathematics Hypernyms: hypercomplex number Related terms: imaginary unit, quaternion, sedenion Translations (nonassociative extension of a quaternion): octonion [masculine] (French), Oktave [feminine] (German), Oktonion [feminine] (German), áttundatala [feminine] (Icelandic), ottonione [masculine] (Italian), ottetto [masculine] (Italian), октонио́н (oktonión) [masculine] (Russian), octonión [masculine] (Spanish)

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