Routon

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A 128-dimensional hypercomplex number.

    "For completeness’ sake, we name the 2⁷-ions too, dubbing them Routons, after that legendary source of high-tech innovativeness, Route 128 of the “Massachusetts Miracle” that paralleled Silicon Valley’s on the “Left Coast” of this country."

Etymology

Blend of route + quaternion. Named after Massachusetts Route 128.

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