Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Topic: MATHS

Date: 1600-1700
Origin: quadratic from quadrate 'square' (14-21 centuries), from Latin quadratus, past participle of quadrare 'to make square'

quadratic equation

 noun
     
quad‧rat‧ic e‧qua‧tion [countable]
technicalHM an equation such ax²+by+c = z, which includes numbers or quantities multiplied by themselves
Definition of quadratic equation from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic MATHS
Word of the Day
The MATHS
Word of the Day is:
rectilinear

Other related topics