quadratically

/kwɑˈdrætɪkli/
adverb
  1. In a way that involves the square of a variable or quantity; growing or changing according to a quadratic function (e.g., y = ax² + bx + c).
    • The number of possible connections in a network rises quadratically as you add more users.
    • The cost of the project increased quadratically as we added more features.
    • In physics, air resistance often grows quadratically with speed.
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