biquadratic

1. 1.

   an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree

   Synonymsbiquadratequarticfourth power

   Broadernumber
2. 2.

   an equation of the fourth degree

   Synonymsbiquadratic equation

   Broaderequation
3. 3.

   a polynomial of the fourth degree

   Synonymsbiquadratic polynomialquartic polynomial

   Broaderpolynomial

1. 1.

   involving the fourth and no higher power of a quantity or degree

   mathematics

Other forms of biquadratic

plural

biquadratics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about biquadratic

What does biquadratic mean?

biquadratic means "an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in biquadratic?

biquadratic has 4 syllables: biq-ua-dra-tic. The stress falls on "dra".

What is another word for biquadratic?

Close synonyms include biquadrate, quartic, fourth power, biquadratic equation, biquadratic polynomial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is biquadratic a common word?

biquadratic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.