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quaternions

/kwəˈtɜːniənz/ /kwəˈtɝːniənz/

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noun

Groupe de quatre, quaternaire

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. "

Le groupe de quatre au conseil d'administration de l'école comprenait le principal, le vice-principal et deux enseignants.

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noun

Un mot de quatre syllabes

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. "

Dans notre cours d'anglais, nous nous sommes entraînés à identifier le nombre de syllabes dans les mots, et le professeur a utilisé « quaternions » comme exemple de mot de quatre syllabes.

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noun

Quaternions

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. "

L'ingénieur a utilisé des quaternions pour calculer comment le bras du robot ferait tourner les pièces dans l'usine.

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