English
Etymology
Latin quint-us, 'fifth' and -ic, 'of pertaining to'.
Adjective
quintic
#mathematics Of or relating to the fifth degree, such as a quintic polynomial which has the form ax<sup>5</sup>+bx<sup>4</sup>+cx<sup>3</sup>+dx<sup>2</sup>+ex+f (containing a term with the independant variable raised to the fifth power).
Noun
quintic
#mathematics a quintic polynomial: ax<sup>5</sup>+bx<sup>4</sup>+cx<sup>3</sup>+dx<sup>2</sup>+ex+f
Derived terms
quintic equation
quintic function
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