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Quadric definition

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Of or relating to geometric surfaces that are defined by quadratic equations.
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(math.) Of the second degree.
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A quantic of the second degree.
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(mathematics) A surface whose shape is defined in terms of a quadratic equation.
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(mathematics) Of or relating to the second degree; quadratic.
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Noun

Singular:
quadric
Plural:
quadrics

Quadric Sentence Examples

  • The diameter of a quadric surface is a line at the extremities of which the tangent planes are parallel.

  • The physical properties of a heterogeneous body (provided they vary continuously from point to point) are known to depend, in the neighbourhood of any one point of the body, on a quadric function of the co-ordinates with reference to that point.

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