quintic
Americanadjective
noun
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a quantity of the fifth degree.
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an equation of the fifth degree.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of quintic
Example Sentences
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The questions that concerned them were purely mathematical, having to do with the finding the roots of polynomials and proving the unsolvability of the quintic equation in terms of simple formulas involving radicals.
From New York Times • May 3, 2010
These last theorems present themselves in the demonstration of the non-existence of a solution of a quintic equation by radicals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Many fruitless attempts were made to solve algebraically the quintic equation until P. Ruffini and N.H.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Equations of the first degree are called simple or linear; of the second, quadratic; of the third, cubic; of the fourth, biquadratic; of the fifth, quintic, and so on.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
His first notable work was a proof of the impossibility of solving the quintic equation by radicals.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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