octonion
/ɒkˈtəʊ.ni.ən//ɑkˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
构词拆解
octō
拉丁语词根
‘eight’
词源说明
Blend of Latin octō (“eight”) + quaternion.
释义
名词noun
- 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).