quadratic equation
Definitions
General Science
- noun an equation in which one or more terms are raised to the power of two but no higher
Electronics
- An equation in which the highest power to which any unknown value is raised is two. An example is ax2 + bx + c = 0, where a, b, an c are constants, and x is a variable.
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