quadratic: Meaning and Definition of
quad•rat•ic
Pronunciation: (kwo-drat'ik), [key]
— adj.
- square.
- involving the square and no higher power of the unknown quantity; of the second degree.
—n.
- a quadratic polynomial or equation.
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