quantic

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A homogeneous polynomial having two or more variables.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In mathematics, a rational integral homogeneous function of two or more variables. Qualitics are classified according to their dimensions, as quadric, cubic, quartic, quintic, etc., denoting qualities of the second, third, fourth, fifth, etc., degrees. They are further distinguished as binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, etc., variables. The word was introduced by Cayley in 1854.

Wiktionary

1. n. mathematics A homogeneous polynomial in two or more variables.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Math.) A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic � is a binary cubic.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a homogeneous polynomial having at least two variables