quadratic

English

polynomial degrees

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Alternative forms

• quadratick (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French quadratique (1765), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quadrātus + -ique (English -ic), form of quadrō (“I make square”), from quādrus (“square”), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”), whence also Latin four.

Adjective

quadratic (not comparable)

1. square-shaped
2. (mathematics) of a polynomial, involving the second power (square) of a variable but no higher powers, as $ax^{2}+bx+c$.
3. (mathematics) of an equation, of the form $ax^{2}+bx+c=0$.
4. (mathematics) of a function, of the form $y=ax^{2}+bx+c$.

Translations

of a class of polynomial of the form y = ax² + bx + c

• Armenian: քառակուսի (hy) (kʻaṙakusi)
• Azerbaijani: kvadratik
• Belarusian: квадратны (kvadratny)
• Catalan: quadràtic
• Czech: kvadratický
• Dutch: kwadratisch
• Esperanto: kvadrata
• Finnish: toisen asteen
• French: quadratique (fr) m or f
• Georgian: კვადრატული (ḳvadraṭuli)
• German: quadratisch (de)
• Greek: τετραγωνικός (el) m (tetragonikós), τετραγωνική (el) f (tetragonikí), τετραγωνικό (el) n (tetragonikó)
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• Italian: quadratico (it) m, quadratica f
• Japanese: 二次 (niji)
• Kazakh: шаршы (kk) (şarşy)
• Kyrgyz: чарчы (ky) (carcı)
• Malay: kuadratik
• Portuguese: quadrático (pt)
• Russian: квадра́тный (ru) (kvadrátnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceàrnach
• Spanish: cuadrático
• Swedish: kvadratisk (sv), andragrads-, andragradspolynom (sv)
• Uzbek: kvadratik

Noun

quadratic (plural quadratics)

1. (mathematics) A quadratic polynomial, function or equation.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with quartic (“degree four”). Both derive ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”), with quadratic coming from “four-sided”, hence “square, two-dimensional, degree two”.

Derived terms

• quadratic equation
• quadratic form
• quadratic mean
• quadratic reciprocity theorem
• quadratic residue

 

Related terms

• quadrate
• quadrature

 

See also

• square

Further reading

• “quadratic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “quadratic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “quadratic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.