quintic
English
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Etymology
From Latin quintus (“fifth”) + -ic (“of pertaining to”).
Adjective
quintic (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Of or relating to the fifth degree, such as a quintic polynomial which has the form ax5+bx4+cx3+dx2+ex+f (containing a term with the independent variable raised to the fifth power).
Noun
quintic (plural quintics)
- (mathematics) a quintic polynomial: ax5+bx4+cx3+dx2+ex+f
Derived terms
- quintic equation
- quintic function