quartic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

quartic
    n 1: an algebraic equation of the fourth degree [syn:
         {biquadrate}, {biquadratic}, {quartic}, {fourth power}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Quartic \Quar"tic\, n.
   (a) (Alg.) A quantic of the fourth degree. See {Quantic}.
   (b) (Geom.) A curve or surface whose equation is of the
       fourth degree in the variables.
       [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Quartic \Quar"tic\, a. [L. quartus fourth.] (Mach.)
   Of the fourth degree.
   [1913 Webster]

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