Definitions
involving the second and no higher power of a quantity or degree
Word origin
From French quadratique (1765), from Latin quadrātus + -ique (English -ic), form of quadrō (“to make square”), from quādrus (“square”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”), whence also Latin quartus (“fourth”).
Used in a sentence
“If the binomial roots of a series of quadratics be squaredly squared, and those results be constant portions of the cube of the resolvend, and the dioristic limit; […]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Second-degree”9 letters
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