sextic

[sek-stik]

sex·tic

[sek-stik] 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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Sextic is always a great word to know.
So is difference. Does it mean:
the amount by which one quantity is greater or less than another
capable of being evenly divided, without remainder

Origin:
1850–55; < Latin sext(us) sixth + -ic
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