quadratic
- n an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square
- n a polynomial of the second degree
- a of or relating to or resembling a square
quadratic shapes - a of or relating to the second power
quadratic equation
- The Center bustles with other odd projects, from teaching quadratic functions to young children to time-lapse photographs of tots drawing (the best way to see how they see).
- A nonsmoking, ascetic teetotaler, he relaxed by dabbling in Thomistic theology or solving quadratic equations, and often seemed a misfit among his boisterous Celtic countrymen.
- Whether you remember the quadratic equation as an adult is less important than whether you learned the analytic thought processes that solving equations teaches.