quartic

American

[kwawr-tik] / ˈkwɔr tɪk /

adjective

of or relating to the fourth degree.

noun

Also called biquadratic. a quartic polynomial or equation.

quartic British

/ ˈkwɔːtɪk /

adjective

another word for biquadratic

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Etymology

Origin of quartic

1855–60; < Latin quart ( us ) fourth + -ic

Example Sentences

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It’s a model of a surface called the Klein quartic.

From Scientific American

A curve of the third order is called a cubic; one of the fourth order a quartic; and so on.

From Project Gutenberg

The singular surface of the general quadratic complex is the famous quartic, with sixteen nodes and sixteen singular tangent planes, first discovered by E.E.

From Project Gutenberg

But when the quartic is numerical the same thing happens as in the cubic, and the algebraical solution does not in every case give the numerical one.

From Project Gutenberg

The Klein quartic surface is a 2-dimensional object with 3 holes that has a lot of symmetries.

From Scientific American

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