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pathions

pathions is the plural of pathion.

Meaning of pathion

Noun

pathion (plural pathions)

  1. A 32-dimensional hypercomplex number that is a nonassociative extension of a sedenion.
    • Let’s expand our horizons to the 32-D and 64-D cases and give them names (since they currently don’t have any!). Following the convention adopted by Tony Smith, who has called the 2⁸-ions Voudons after the 256 deities of the Ifa pantheon of Voodoo or Voudon, we’ll call these Pathions (for the “32...2002, Robert P. C. de Marrais, “Flying Higher Than a Box-Kite: Kite-Chain Middens, Sand Mandalas, and Zero-Divisor Patterns in the 2ⁿ-ions Beyond the Sedenions”, in arXiv, →DOI, page 7
    Synonyms:
    trigintaduonion

Questions about pathions

What is pathions the plural of?
Pathions is the plural of pathion.

Words near pathions in the dictionary

  1. pathics
  2. pathies
  3. pathing
  4. pathings
  5. pathion
  6. pathions
  7. Pathirana
  8. Pathiranas
  9. pathiri
  10. pathiris
  11. pathlength

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