Webster's 1913 Dictionary
QUANTIC
Quan "tic, n. Etym: [L. quantus how much. See Quantity. ] (Math. )
Defn: A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc. , according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc. , according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic is a binary cubic.
New American Oxford Dictionary
quantic
quan tic |ˈkwäntik ˈkwɑntɪk | ▶noun Mathematics a homogeneous function of two or more variables having rational and irrational coefficients. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin quantus ‘how great, how much ’ + -ic .
Oxford Dictionary
quantic
quant ¦ic |ˈkwɒntɪk | ▶noun Mathematics a homogeneous function of two or more variables having rational or integral coefficients. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin quantus ‘how great, how much ’ + -ic .
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