Math. [f. TRANS- + VECTOR.] In Quaternions, The sum of a vector and a provector.
1853. Sir W. R. Hamilton, Quaternions (1866), 4. If a provector BC be added to a vector AB, the sum is the transvector AC; or in symbols, I … (B–A) + A = B; and II … (C–B) + (B–A) = C–A.
