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quintic, a. and n. Math.|ˈkwɪntɪk|
[f. L. quint-us fifth + -ic.]
A. adj. Of the fifth order or degree.
1853Sylvester in Philos. Mag. May, To express the number of distinct Quintic and Sextic invariants. 1876Cayley Math. Papers (1896) X. 11 A general quintic equation is not solvable by radicals.
B. n. A quantic or surface of the fifth degree.
1856A. Cayley Wks. (1889) II. 253 In the case of a quantic of the fifth order or quintic. 1884W. R. W. Roberts in Hermathena X. 183 Covariants of binary quintics. |