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Definition of Fourth power
1. Noun. An algebraic equation of the fourth degree.
Generic synonyms: Number
Derivative terms: Biquadratic, Biquadratic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fourth Power
Literary usage of Fourth power
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... and inversely as the fourth power of its diameter all of which is expressed
in the formula: 9 = — ———, or, for T ir IJ* . . , e. ..."
2. A Textbook of Physics by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1906)
"... and the Energy Density—The Pressure on a fully Radiating Surface—The Relation
between E and 6 in full Radiation, the fourth power Law—Full Radiation ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"411) noticed that the ratio 11-7 is nearly that of the fourth power of the ...
The agreement of the fourth power law with Tyndall's experiment appears ..."
4. Scientific Papers by George Howard Darwin, Francis Darwin, Ernest William Brown (1907)
"Tides Depending on tlie fourth power of the Moon's Parallax. The potential
corresponding to these tides is V = t-fjf (f cos' PM - f cos PM) We may obviously ..."
5. The North American Arithmetic by Frederick Emerson (1851)
"ond power gives ihe sixth power; as 24 X22 = 26: the fourth power multiplied by the
... Find the fourth power of 11. 3. Raise 13 to the fifth power. 4. ..."
6. The Diplomacy of the United States: Being an Account of the Foreign by Theodore Lyman (1828)
"fourth power in Europe to conclude a Treaty—Lee appointed in '77 to Berlin on'l
Vienna—Not received by either court—Remarks on Austria—His full powers ..."
7. Gleanings of Past Years by William Ewart Gladstone (1879)
"... a fourth power, entering into and sharing the vitality of each of the other
three, ... fourth power ..."
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