sextic

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polynomial degrees
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Adjective

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sextic (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Of the sixth degree or order.

Noun

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sextic (plural sextics)

  1. (mathematics) An algebraic equation or function of the sixth degree, e.g. a polynomial of degree 6; a curve surface etc. describing such an equation or function, especially a quantic of the sixth degree.