Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Mathematics Of, relating to, or containing quantities of the second degree.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In algebra, involving the square and no higher power of the unknown quantity or variable of the second degree; of two dimensions.
- In crystallography, tetragonal or dimetric: applied to the system that includes the square prism and related forms. See crystallography.
- n. In algebra, an equation in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is the second, the general form being Such an equation has two solutions, real, equal, or imaginary, expressed by the formula
- n. plural That branch of algebra which treats of quadratic equations.
Wiktionary
- adj. square-shaped
- adj. of a polynomial, involving the second power (square) of a variable but no higher powers, as ax^2 + bx + c.
- adj. of an equation, of the form ax^2 + bx + c = 0.
- adj. of a function, of the form y = ax^2 + bx + c .
- n. A quadratic polynomial, function or equation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.
- adj. Tetragonal.
- adj. Pertaining to terms of the second degree.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a polynomial of the second degree
- n. an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square
- adj. of or relating to the second power
- adj. of or relating to or resembling a square
Etymologies
- From quadrate.
Examples
“Then he got out note-book and algebra and lost himself in quadratic equations, while the hours slipped by, and the stars dimmed, and the gray of dawn flooded against his window.”
“By the way over the small range that you have plotted over a quadratic is a good approximation to an exponential which is exactly what would be expected from the radiative forcing of CO2.”
“However, the masses of scalar fields receive large corrections from quantum effects (so-called quadratic divergences) and, unless one fine-tunes the theory a truly ridiculous amount, the expected mass of the Higgs boson may be as high as the Planck scale - sixteen orders of magnitude higher than the weak scale.”
“The Kerr effect, also called the quadratic electro-optic effect (QEO effect), is a change in the refractive index of a material in response to an applied electric field.”
“He solved Algebra equations of the first and second degree (known as quadratic equations, and are are prevelant in science and engineering) and also introduced the geometrical method of solving these equations.”
“This is most commonly found in the industry and sometimes is known as a quadratic torque load.”
“By completing the square on a general quadratic equation in standard form we come up with what is called the quadratic formula.”
“is called a quadratic expression in x. is called a quadratic equation in x.”
“Furthermore, it is admitted that never, never, in a million lifetimes, could Michael have demonstrated a proposition in Euclid or solved a quadratic equation.”
“Kingsolver reported a median absolute value of 0.16 for linear selection, and a median absolute value of 0.10 for quadratic selection.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘quadratic’.
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quadr-
four; fourfold; square
quadrangle, quadruped, quadratic, quadruple, quadragenarian, quadriplegic, quadragesimal, quadratocubic, quadrilateral, quadricentennial, quadrumanous
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