Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A homogeneous polynomial having two or more variables.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mathematics, a rational integral homogeneous function of two or more variables.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 calledbinary ,ternary ,quaternary , etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, thequantic � is abinary cubic .
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- noun mathematics A
homogeneous polynomial in two or morevariables .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a homogeneous polynomial having at least two variables
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin quantus, how much; see quantity + –ic.]
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From Latin quantus ("how much").
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