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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quadratic  \Quad*rat"ic\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  quadratique.] 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  square,  or  to  squares;  resembling  a 
  quadrate,  or  square;  square. 
 
  2.  (Crystallog.)  Tetragonal. 
 
  3.  (Alg.)  Pertaining  to  terms  of  the  second  degree;  as  a 
  quadratic  equation,  in  which  the  highest  power  of  the 
  unknown  quantity  is  a  square. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quadratic 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  or  resembling  a  square;  "quadratic  shapes" 
  2:  of  or  relating  to  the  second  power;  "quadratic  equation" 
  n  1:  an  equation  in  which  the  highest  power  of  an  unknown 
  quantity  is  a  square  [syn:  {quadratic  equation}] 
  2:  a  polynomial  of  the  second  degree  [syn:  {quadratic 
  polynomial}] 




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