Thesaurus: biquadratic

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1. a. Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power.
2. n. A biquadrate.
3. n. A biquadratic equation.
4. adj. involving the fourth and no higher power of a quantity or degree
5. n. an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree
6. n. an equation of the fourth degree
7. n. a polynomial of the fourth degree
8. Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power. Biquadratic equation (Alg.), an equation of the fourth degree, or an equation in some term of which the unknown quantity is raised to the fourth power. -- Biquadratic root of a number, the square root of the square root of that number. Thus the square root of 81 is 9, and the square root of 9 is 3, which is the biquadratic root of 81. Hutton. (a) A biquadrate. (b) A biquadratic equation.
9. Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power.Biquadratic equation (Alg.), an equation of the fourth degree, or anequation in some term of which the unknown quantity is raised to thefourth power.-- Biquadratic root of a number, the square root of the square rootof that number. Thus the square root of 81 is 9, and the square rootof 9 is 3, which is the biquadratic root of 81. Hutton.
10. n. a polynomial of the fourth degree a. of or relating to the fourth power