Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

versor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-sor
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quaternion of norm one.

noun

A multivector representing a proper or improper rotation.

Etymology

From Latin vertere, versus (“to turn”). See version.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vertere

Inflected Forms

versors (plural)

Derived Forms

eigenversor

Questions

What does versor mean?: A quaternion of norm one.
Where does versor come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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