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Quadratic adj.

Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.

(Crystallog.) Tetragonal.

(Alg.) Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square.

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Etymology of 'Quadratic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Quadratic" Quotes from Famous Books

... six systems enumerated above, the tetragonal—or the quadratic, square prismatic, dimetric, or pyramidal—system has three axes like the cubic, but, in this case, though they are all at right angles, two only of them are equal, the third, consequently, unequal. The vertical or principal axis is often much longer or shorter in this group, ...

— The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones • John Mastin