Quadric

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to geometric surfaces that are defined by quadratic equations.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A surface whose shape is defined in terms of a quadratic equation
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the second degree.
  • n. A quantic of the second degree. See quantic.
  • n. A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In algebra, a homogeneous expression of the second degree in the variables.
  • In algebra and geometry, of the second degree; quadratic.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    curve    curved shape   
    Variant
    quantic   
    Hyponym
    hyperboloid   
     
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