quartic
/ˈkwɔrtɪk/
adjective
- Relating to or involving the fourth power (such as x⁴) in mathematics.
- The students learned how to solve quartic equations in algebra class.
- The graph of a quartic polynomial can have up to three turning points.
- A quartic function has a degree of four.
noun
- A mathematical expression or equation of the fourth degree.
- The quartic had four solutions, two of which were complex numbers.
- The mathematician spent years studying the properties of quartics.
- We need to factor this quartic to find its roots.