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quadric

[ kwod-rik ]

adjective

  1. of the second degree (said especially of functions with more than two variables).


noun

  1. a quadric function.
  2. a surface such as an ellipsoid or paraboloid as defined by a second-degree equation in three real variables.

quadric

/ ˈkwɒdrɪk /

adjective

  1. having or characterized by an equation of the second degree, usually in two or three variables
  2. of the second degree
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a quadric curve, surface, or function
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quadric1

First recorded in 1855–60; quadr- + -ic
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Example Sentences

“We were all trying to solve this quadric the same way, and then I realized we just had to invert the way we were looking at it.”

Each of these last equations represents a curve of the first order, or right line; and the original equation represents this pair of lines, viz. the pair of lines is considered as a quadric curve.

The first quadric having imaginary generators, no such self-conjugate subgroups can exist for the real group which transforms it into itself; and this real group is in fact simple.

The surface itself is therefore called a quadric surface, or a surface of the second order.

Consider first a numerical quadric equation with imaginary coefficients.

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