Associations to the word «Quadric»

Wiktionary

QUADRIC, noun. (mathematics) A surface whose shape is defined in terms of a quadratic equation
QUADRIC, adjective. (mathematics) Of or relating to the second degree; quadratic.

Dictionary definition

QUADRIC, noun. A curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope