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quadric
[ kwod-rik ]
adjective
- of the second degree (said especially of functions with more than two variables).
noun
- a quadric function.
- a surface such as an ellipsoid or paraboloid as defined by a second-degree equation in three real variables.
quadric
/ ˈkwɒdrɪk /
adjective
- having or characterized by an equation of the second degree, usually in two or three variables
- of the second degree
noun
- a quadric curve, surface, or function
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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