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sedenion

noun

Etymology

Blend of Latin sēdecim (“sixteen”) + quaternion.

  1. derived from quaterniō
  2. inherited from quaterniǒun
  3. compounded as sedenion — “la:sēdecim + quaternion”

Definitions

  1. A 16-dimensional nonalternative extension of an octonion with one real part and 15…

    A 16-dimensional nonalternative extension of an octonion with one real part and 15 imaginary parts, each a real multiple of a distinct, independent square root of −1.

    • There is no theoretical limit to multispace dimensional numbering as there are definitions for octonion (8D), sedenion (16D), pathion (32D), chingon (64D), routon (128D), and voudon (256D) numbered space.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sedenion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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