quadratics

[ kwo-drat-iks ]

noun(used with a singular verb)

Origin of quadratics

First recorded in 1675–85; see origin at quadratic, -ics

I even showed her that problem in quadratics and told her I couldnt do it.
Marjorie Dean, High School Junior | Pauline Lester
An advantage gained was that every quadratic equation, and not some quadratics only, could be spoken of as having two roots.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 | Various
The rapidity with which he would fill the blackboard, in solving difficult problems in quadratics, was almost bewildering.
In the School-Room | John S. Hart
Oh, Jane, your simple experiment proposition is abouit to become compound quadratics.
The Tinder-Box | Maria Thompson Daviess
This is a useful method in the case in which φ(x) and ƒ(x) are quadratics, but scarcely ever in any other case.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8 | Various

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