polynomial

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

poly- + -nomial

Adjective

polynomial (comparative more polynomial, superlative most polynomial)

1. (algebra) Able to be described or limited by a polynomial.
2. (taxonomy) of a polynomial name or entity

Translations

in algebra

• Afrikaans: polinomies (af)
• Finnish: polynominen (fi)
• French: polynomial (fr)
• Greek: πολυωνυμικός (el) (polyonymikós)
• Hungarian: polinomiális (hu)
• Italian: polinomiale (it)

• Portuguese: polinomial (pt)
• Russian: многочленный (ru) (mnogočlénnyj), полиномиальный (ru) (polinomiálʹnyj)
• Spanish: polinomial (es), polinómico (es)
• Swedish: polynomiell (sv)
• Turkish: polinom (tr)

in taxonomy

• French: polynominal (fr) m, polynominale (fr) f, polynomial (fr) m, polynomiale (fr) f

Noun

polynomial (plural polynomials)

1. (algebra) An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as $a_n x^n + a_{n-1}x^{n-1} + ... + a_0 x^0$.
2. (taxonomy) A taxonomic designation (such as of a subspecies) consisting of more than two terms.

Derived terms

• polynomial complexity
• polynomial equation
• polynomial sequence
• polynomial interpolation

Translations

algebraic expression

• Afrikaans: polinoom (af)
• Czech: polynom (cs) m
• Finnish: polynomi (fi)
• French: polynôme (fr) m
• German: Polynom (de) n
• Greek: πολυώνυμο (el) (polyónymo) n
• Hungarian: polinom (hu)
• Icelandic: margliða (is) f

• Italian: polinomio (it) m
• Japanese: 多項式 (ja) (たこうしき, takōshiki)
• Norwegian: polynom (no) n
• Polish: wielomian (pl) m
• Portuguese: polinómio (pt) m
• Spanish: polinomio (es) m
• Swedish: polynom (sv) n
• Turkish: polinom (tr)

taxonomic designation

• French: polynôme (fr) m

See also

• monomial

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French

Adjective

polynomial m (feminine polynomiale, masculine plural polynomiaux, feminine plural polynomiales)

1. polynomial