quantic

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: quan=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

quantic, n. [L. quantus how much. See Quantity.].

 A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic is a binary cubic.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quantic, n. Math. a rational integral homogeneous function of two or more variables.