¦hīpə(r)ˌ adjective
Etymology: hyper- + complex (I)
: of, relating to, or being a general form of number that can be expressed as a vector of n dimensions in the form x 1 e 1 + x 2 e 2 + … + x n e n where the coefficients x 1 , x 2 , … x n range over a given number field and e 1 = ( e , 0, 0, … 0), e 2 = (0, e , 0, … 0), … e n = (0, 0, … e ) where e is the multiplicative identity of the field
hypercomplex variable