quaternionist

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noun

One who studies or promotes the use of quaternions.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounquaternionist (plural quaternionists)

plural quaternionists

  1. One who studies or promotes the use of quaternions.
    1 more example

    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 analysis, a theory of Quaternions which is overlooked.

    1893, Electromagnetic theory: Volume 1, D. Van Nostrand Company, page 138

Origin

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