meaning of quantic
1. 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.
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