hypercomplex number

noun

Any of several types of extended complex number, consisting of a real part and two or more imaginary parts (each a real multiple of a distinct square root of −1), which may be imagined as a point in a multi-dimensional space.

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nounhypercomplex number (plural hypercomplex numbers)

plural hypercomplex numbers

  1. mathematicsAny of several types of extended complex number, consisting of a real part and two or more imaginary parts (each a real multiple of a distinct square root of −1), which may be imagined as a point in a multi-dimensional space.
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