Associations to the word «Quintic»

Wiktionary

QUINTIC, adjective. (mathematics) Of or relating to the fifth degree, such as a quintic polynomial which has the form ax5+bx4+cx3+dx2+ex+f (containing a term with the independent variable raised to the fifth power).
QUINTIC, noun. (mathematics) a quintic polynomial: ax5+bx4+cx3+dx2+ex+f
QUINTIC FUNCTION, noun. (mathematics) Any function of a polynomial whose greatest exponent is 5.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca