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quadratic

adjective as in square

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Whether you figured this out by inspection or the quadratic formula, the two numbers were 24 and 30.

He’s an unabashed geek whose eyes spark when he alights upon one of his favorite concepts, whether it be quadratic voting or the governance system futarchy.

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By the way, this quadratic relationship means you can generate loads of pieces without making too many cuts.

This is just one example of what’s called a quadratic polynomial, in which the variable is raised to the second power.

“When I was in third grade, I was in quadratic equations when my class was, like, reading clocks,” Andraka says.

As a teen, Randy had painted a submarine, an elevator door and the quadratic equation on the walls of his childhood bedroom.

For more exact work, the new concentrations of the three components may be found by solving a simple quadratic equation.

She now began to read Euclids Elements, and proceeded in algebra as far as quadratic equations.

The ordinary schoolboy would correctly treat this as a quadratic equation.

Augustus set going new quadratic ones of his own, with an index and cross-references.

The next three propositions contain problems which may be said to be solutions of quadratic equations.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quadratic, such as: rectangular, equilateral, foursquare, quadrate, squared, and boxlike.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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