Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quaternionist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quater-nion-ist
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who studies or promotes the use of quaternions.

Example Sentences

"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.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: quaternion

Inflected Forms

quaternionists (plural)

Questions

What does quaternionist mean?: One who studies or promotes the use of quaternions.
Where does quaternionist come from?: From quaternion + -ist.

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