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quaternionist

quaternionist noun: one who studies or promotes the use of quaternions.

Noun

quaternionist (plural quaternionists)

  1. One who studies or promotes the use of quaternions.
    • Now I can imagine a quaternionist (unless prejudiced) admitting the simplicity of establishment and of operation, and the convenience of the notation, and its sufficiency for practical requirements up to a certain point; and yet adding the inquiry whether there is not, over and above this vector...1893, Electromagnetic theory: Volume 1, D. Van Nostrand Company, page 138

Forms of quaternionist

pluralquaternionists

Origin of quaternionist

From quaternion + -ist.

Questions about quaternionist

What does quaternionist mean?
Quaternionist means one who studies or promotes the use of quaternions.
What part of speech is quaternionist?
Quaternionist is a noun.
What is the plural of quaternionist?
The plural of quaternionist is quaternionists.

Words near quaternionist in the dictionary

  1. quaternion algebra
  2. quaternion algebras
  3. quaternionic
  4. quaternionically
  5. quaternionics
  6. quaternionist
  7. quaternionists
  8. quaternions
  9. quaternisation
  10. quaternisations
  11. quaternise

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