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Definition of Quadratic

1. Noun. An equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling a square. "Quadratic shapes"

3. Noun. A polynomial of the second degree.

4. Adjective. Of or relating to the second power. "Quadratic equation"

Definition of Quadratic

1. a. Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.

Definition of Quadratic

1. Adjective. square-shaped ¹

2. Adjective. (mathematics) of a polynomial, involving the second power (square) of a variable but no higher powers, as $ax^2\; +\; bx\; +\; c$. ¹

3. Adjective. (mathematics) of an equation, of the form $ax^2\; +\; bx\; +\; c\; =\; 0$. ¹

4. Adjective. (mathematics) of a function, of the form $y\; =\; ax^2\; +\; bx\; +\; c$. ¹

5. Noun. (mathematics) A quadratic polynomial, function or equation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quadratic

1. a type of mathematical function [n -S]

Medical Definition of Quadratic

1. 1. Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square. 2. Tetragonal. 3. Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square. Origin: Cf. F. Quadratique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadratic

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Literary usage of Quadratic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Non-Newtonian Calculus by Michael Grossman, Robert Katz (1972)
"Chapter 7 THE quadratic FAMILY OF CALCULI 7.1 THE quadratic ARITHMETIC In this ... quadratic arithmetic is the arithmetic generated by the function that ..."

2. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"Now this quadratic may be also written \x/ \x/ and we see by parity of reasoning that, if A vanishes, we ought to regard this still as a quadratic equation, ..."

3. School Algebra by George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith (1913)
"CHAPTER VIII quadratic EQUATIONS 174. quadratic Equation. An equation which, when reduced to its simplest form, contains the second power, but no higher ..."

4. The Elements of the Theory of Algebraic Numbers by Legh Wilber Reid (1910)
"Law of Reciprocity for quadratic Residues. It remains now to answer the question ... This is answered by means of a theorem which expresses the quadratic ..."

5. The Theory of Numbers by Robert Daniel Carmichael (1914)
"THEORY OF quadratic RESIDUES Let a and m be any two relatively prime integers. In § 31 we agreed to say that a is a quadratic residue modulo m or a ..."

6. The Elements of the Theory of Algebraic Numbers by Legh Wilber Reid (1910)
"quadratic Residues and Non-residues. An integer, a, prime to the modulus m, is said to be a quadratic residue or non-residue of m, according as the ..."

7. Advanced Algebra by Arthur Schultze (1905)
"A quadratic equation, or equation of the second degree, is an integral ... A complete, or affected, quadratic equation is one which contains both the square ..."

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