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6 words match “TERNION”

TERNION n.
The number three; three things together; a ternary. Bp. Hall.
QUATERNION n. 5 definitions
group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like. Delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers. Acts xii. 4. Ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run. Milton. The triads and quaternions with which he loaded his sentences. Sir W. Scott.
SCALAR n.
In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.
TERNARY n.
A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad. Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single. Holder.
TETRAD n.
The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion.
VERSOR n.
The turning factor of a quaternion.