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quadratic
/ kwɒˈdrætɪk /
noun
- Also calledquadratic equation an equation containing one or more terms in which the variable is raised to the power of two, but no terms in which it is raised to a higher power
adjective
- of or relating to the second power
quadratic
/ kwŏ-drăt′ĭk /
- Relating to a mathematical expression containing a term of the second degree, such as x 2 + 2.
- ◆ A quadratic equation is an equation having the general form ax 2 + bx + c = 0, where a, b, and c are constants.
- ◆ The quadratic formula is x = − b ± √( b 2 − 4 ac )/2 a. It is used in algebra to calculate the roots of quadratic equations.
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- quad·rati·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quadratic1
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Example Sentences
“When I was in third grade, I was in quadratic equations when my class was, like, reading clocks,” Andraka says.
As a teen, Randy had painted a submarine, an elevator door and the quadratic equation on the walls of his childhood bedroom.
For more exact work, the new concentrations of the three components may be found by solving a simple quadratic equation.
She now began to read Euclids Elements, and proceeded in algebra as far as quadratic equations.
The ordinary schoolboy would correctly treat this as a quadratic equation.
Augustus set going new quadratic ones of his own, with an index and cross-references.
The next three propositions contain problems which may be said to be solutions of quadratic equations.
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