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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A particular kind of quaternion; an operator which, applied to a vector lying in a plane related in a certain way to the versor, turns the vector through an angle without altering its modulus, tensor, or length.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Geom.) The turning factor of a quaternion.
  • noun See under Quadrantal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun algebra A quaternion of norm one.

Etymologies

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From Latin vertere, versus, to turn. See version.

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