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sextic
[
sek
-stik
]
sex·tic
/
ˈsɛk
stɪk
/
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sek
-stik
]
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Mathematics
adjective
1.
of the sixth degree.
noun
2.
a quantity of the sixth degree.
3.
an equation of the sixth degree.
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the amount by which one quantity is greater or less than another
capable of being evenly divided, without remainder
one of several highly systematic methods of treating problems by a special system of algebraic notations, such as differential or integral calculus
a proportion containing terms of which an increase in one results in a decrease in another
a relation between two sets in which one element of the second set is assigned to each element of the first set, the operator
a number that is a submultiple of all the numbers of a given set
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Origin:
1850–55;
<
Latin
sext
(
us
)
sixth
+
-ic
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