Quaternionist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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 analysis, a theory of Quaternions which is overlooked."

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"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."

Etymology

From quaternion + -ist.

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