quadratic
adjective
qua·drat·ic kwä-ˈdra-tik 
: involving terms of the second degree at most
quadratic function
quadratic equations
quadratic noun
quadratically
kwä-ˈdra-ti-k(ə-)lē
adverb 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Most high school students know how to solve quadratic equations, such as −x−3=0, using the quadratic formula. 
Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2022 The way quadratic funding works is that dollars matched are based off of the number of contributions to a project as opposed to the total amount raised. Kyle Westaway, Forbes, 16 June 2022 All of a sudden, quadratic equations meant nothing to him. André Alexis, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 In one mode of quantum-inspired, those linear equations are rewritten as quadratic equations, in which multiple variables can be multiplied by each other. Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ, 10 June 2022 Po-Shen Loh, a mathematician at Carnegie Mellon University who published a new way to solve quadratic equations in 2019. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2022 For example, when n = 2, this gives us the quadratic polynomial x2 – 1. Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2021 This is just one example of what’s called a quadratic polynomial, in which the variable is raised to the second power. Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2021 Many aspects of modern finance, such as complex securities pricing, portfolio optimization and forecasting, rely on algorithms that are susceptible to potential quadratic or exponential speedup using quantum computers. Paul Lipman, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021 See More
Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2022 The way quadratic funding works is that dollars matched are based off of the number of contributions to a project as opposed to the total amount raised. Kyle Westaway, Forbes, 16 June 2022 All of a sudden, quadratic equations meant nothing to him. André Alexis, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 In one mode of quantum-inspired, those linear equations are rewritten as quadratic equations, in which multiple variables can be multiplied by each other. Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ, 10 June 2022 Po-Shen Loh, a mathematician at Carnegie Mellon University who published a new way to solve quadratic equations in 2019. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2022 For example, when n = 2, this gives us the quadratic polynomial x2 – 1. Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2021 This is just one example of what’s called a quadratic polynomial, in which the variable is raised to the second power. Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2021 Many aspects of modern finance, such as complex securities pricing, portfolio optimization and forecasting, rely on algorithms that are susceptible to potential quadratic or exponential speedup using quantum computers. Paul Lipman, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1668, in the meaning defined above