Definition of "quartic" []

• Mathematics Of or relating to the fourth degree. (adjective)

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• "So their might be universes with spaces that have quartic Plucker coordinates, or universes based on mathematics we don't even know about."
• "The progression goes from quadratic to cubic to quartic to quintic functions."
• "The diamond mountains now orbiting among the satellites of Jupiter may open up the entire Solar System; how trivial, by comparison, appear all the ancient uses of the quartic-crystallized form of carbon!"