quintic

  1. Adjective.  (mathematics) Of or relating to the fifth degree, such as a quintic polynomial which has the form ax5+bx4+cx3+dx2+ex+f (containing a term with the independent variable raised to the fifth power).
  2. Noun.  (mathematics) a quintic polynomial: ax5+bx4+cx3+dx2+ex+f.

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