hypercomplex number
noun1
Mathematics, Sciences Any of several types of extended complex number, consisting of a real part and two or more imaginary parts (each a real multiple of a distinct square root of −1), which may be imagined as a point in a multi-dimensional space.
- Related terms
- complex number, imaginary number, real number
- Hyponyms
- dual number, octonion, quaternion, sedenion, trigintaduonion, pathion, chingon, routon, voudon, split-complex number