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quadratic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quadratic \Quad*rat"ic\, a. [Cf. F. quadratique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square. 2. (Crystallog.) Tetragonal. 3. (Alg.) Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quadratic adj 1: of or relating to or resembling a square; "quadratic shapes" 2: of or relating to the second power; "quadratic equation" n 1: an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square [syn: {quadratic equation}] 2: a polynomial of the second degree [syn: {quadratic polynomial}]
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