CYCLOTOMIC

[cy.clo.tom.ic] adj [cyclotomy mathematical theory of the division of the circle into equal parts, fr. cycl- + -tomy] (1879): relating to, being, or containing a polynomial which is the sum of p terms where p is a prime number and in which the first term consists of x raised to the exponent p - 1, the second term consists of x raised to the exponent p - 2, each succeeding term consists of x raised to an exponent one less than that in the preceding term, and the last term is exactly 1