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Of or pertaining to the second degree.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to the second degree.
  2. n. A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic.
  3. n. A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics.
  4. n. a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree
  5. Of or pertaining to the second degree. (a) (Alg.) A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic. (b) (Geom.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics.
  6. n. a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree