quintic

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quintic

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From Latin quintus (“fifth”) + -ic (“of pertaining to”).

adjective

not comparable Of or relating to the fifth degree, such as a quintic polynomial which has the form ax⁵+bx⁴+cx³+dx²+ex+f=0 (containing a term with the independent variable raised to the fifth power).

noun quintics

a quintic polynomial: ax⁵+bx⁴+cx³+dx²+ex+f

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@misc{quintic_2026,
  title = {quintic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quintic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}