QUADRATIC


Meaning of QUADRATIC in English

adj. & n. Math.

adj. 1 involving the second and no higher power of an unknown quantity or variable (quadratic equation). 2 square.

n. 1 a quadratic equation. 2 (in pl.) the branch of algebra dealing with these.

[ F quadratique or mod.L quadraticus (as QUADRATE) ]

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