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In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.

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  1. n. In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.
  2. adj. of or relating to a musical scale
  3. adj. of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude
  4. n. a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components
  5. In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.
  6. In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, butnot direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has bothmagnitude and direction.
  7. j:100 n. a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components a. of or relating to a musical scale a. of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude