English Dictionary: polynomial | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polynomial \Pol`y*no"mi*al\, n. [Poly- + -nomial, as in monomial, binomial: cf. F. polyn[93]me.] (Alg.) An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a^{2} - 2ab + b^{2}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polynomial \Pol`y*no"mi*al\, a. 1. Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem. 2. Consisting of two or more words; having names consisting of two or more words; as, a polynomial name; polynomial nomenclature. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
polynomial 1. multiples of powers of some variable. P(x) = sum a_i x^i for i = 0 .. N The multipliers, a_i, are known as "{coefficient}s" and N, the highest power of x with a non-zero coefficient, is known as the "degree" of the polynomial. If N=0 then P(x) is constant, if N=1, P(x) is linear in x. N=2 gives a "{quadratic}" and N=3, a "cubic". 2. |