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Definition of Quadrics
1. quadric [n] - See also: quadric
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadrics
Literary usage of Quadrics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"Pencils of quadrics. Vanicek, JS Liege S. Parallel conjugate diameters in two
surfaces. ... Similarity conditions for two quadrics not similarly placed. ..."
2. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"Locus of centres of conies and quadrics. Picquet, HNA Mth. 4 (1865) 66-. , etc.,
... Similarity conditions for two quadrics not similarly placed. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"The form, then, £7+ \LM, may be regarded as denoting a system of quadrics having
double contact with each other. Conversely, if two quadrics have double ..."
4. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1865)
"The form, then, U+ \LM, may be regarded as denoting a system of quadrics having
double ... Conversely, if two quadrics have double contact, their line of ..."
5. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"Conversely, if two quadrics have double contact, their curve of intersection
breaks up into simpler curves. For if we draw any plane through the two points ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900)
"On the Eliminant of a Set of quadrics, Ternary or Quaternary. By BJ Nanson.
Communicated ly Professor CHRYSTAL. (Read January 9, 1899.) 1. ..."
7. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1874)
"If U and V represent any two quadrics, then Z7+ \ V represents a quadric passing
through every point common to U and V, and if X be indeterminate it ..."
8. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1862)
"There are two other points whose polars with regard to all the quadrics are the
same, ... Similar quadrics belong to the class now under discussion. ..."
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