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quaternions

/kwəˈtɜːniənz/ /kwəˈtɝːniənz/

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noun

Grupo de cuatro, cuaterniones

A group or set of four people or things.

Examples :

"The quaternions on the school board included the principal, the vice-principal, and two teachers. "

Los cuaterniones en la junta escolar incluían al director, al subdirector y a dos profesores.

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noun

Una palabra de cuatro sílabas

A word of four syllables.

Examples :

"In our English class, we practiced identifying the number of syllables in words, and the teacher used "quaternions" as an example of a word with four syllables. "

En nuestra clase de inglés, practicamos la identificación del número de sílabas en las palabras, y el profesor usó "quaternions" como ejemplo de una palabra con cuatro sílabas.

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noun

Cuaterniones

A four-dimensional hypercomplex number that consists of a real dimension and 3 imaginary ones (i, j, k) that are each an independent square root of -1. They are commonly used in vector mathematics and in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.

Examples :

"The engineer used quaternions to calculate how the robot arm would rotate the parts in the factory. "

El ingeniero usó cuaterniones para calcular cómo el brazo robótico rotaría las piezas en la fábrica.

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