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hexadecanion

hexadecanion noun: an alternative name for a sedenion, a 16-dimensional hypercomplex number or a 16-dimensional number constructed by doubling the quaternion.

Noun

hexadecanion (plural hexadecanions)

  1. An alternative name for a sedenion, a 16-dimensional hypercomplex number or a 16-dimensional number constructed by doubling the quaternion.
    • We extend this very concept to the larger mathematical object, which generalizes the quaternion, the hexadecanion, which we shall define and use.2013 March, Salomon S Mizrahi and Marcos C de Oliveira, “Quaternions, hexadecanions and the Schur complement in quantum mechanics”, in Physica Scripta

Forms of hexadecanion

pluralhexadecanions

Origin of hexadecanion

Blend of hexadeca- + quaternion, from Ancient Greek ἑκκαίδεκα (hekkaídeka, “sixteen”).

Questions about hexadecanion

What does hexadecanion mean?
Hexadecanion means an alternative name for a sedenion, a 16-dimensional hypercomplex number or a 16-dimensional number constructed by doubling the quaternion.
What part of speech is hexadecanion?
Hexadecanion is a noun.
What is the plural of hexadecanion?
The plural of hexadecanion is hexadecanions.

Words near hexadecanion in the dictionary

  1. hexadecanamide
  2. hexadecane
  3. hexadecanedioate
  4. hexadecanedioic acid
  5. hexadecanes
  6. hexadecanion
  7. hexadecanions
  8. hexadecanoate
  9. hexadecanoates
  10. hexadecanoic
  11. hexadecanoic acid

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