Biquadratic Definition

bīkwŏ-drătĭk
adjective
Of or relating to the fourth degree.
American Heritage
Of or involving the fourth power of a quantity.
Webster's New World

(mathematics) Of a polynomial expression, involving only the second and fourth powers of a variable, as x4 + 3x2 + 2. Sometimes extended to any expression involving the biquadrate or fourth power (but no higher powers), as x4 − 4x3 + 3x2 − x + 1.

Wiktionary
noun
An algebraic equation of the fourth degree.
American Heritage
Such a quantity.
Webster's New World
An algebraic equation of the fourth power; quartic equation.
Webster's New World

(mathematics) A biquadratic equation.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • quartic
  • fourth power
  • biquadrate
  • biquadratic equation
  • quartic polynomial
  • biquadratic polynomial

Other Word Forms of Biquadratic

Noun

Singular:
biquadratic
Plural:
biquadratics

Origin of Biquadratic

Biquadratic Sentence Examples

  • In the geometry of plane curves, the term parabola is often used to denote the curves given by the general equation a' n x n = ym+n, thus ax= y 2 is the quadratic or Apollonian parabola; a 2 x = y 3 is the cubic parabola, a 3 x = y4 is the biquadratic parabola; semi parabolas have the general equation ax n-1 = yn, thus ax e = y 3 is the semicubical parabola and ax 3 = y 4 the semibiquadratic parabola.

  • Running through these volumes in order, we have in the second the memoir, Summatio quarundam serierum singularium, the memoirs on the theory of biquadratic residues, in which the notion of complex numbers of the form a--bi was first introduced into the theory of numbers; and included in the Nachlass are some valuable tables.

  • He was professor of mathematics in the university of Deseret and wrote several books on this subject, these including Cubic and Biquadratic Equations (1866).

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