Definition of Quadric. Meaning of Quadric. Synonyms of Quadric

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Definition of Quadric

Quadric
Quadric Quad"ric, n. (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.
Quadric
Quadric Quad"ric, a. (Math.) Of or pertaining to the second degree.

Meaning of Quadric from wikipedia

- In mathematics, a quadric or quadric surface (quadric hypersurface in higher dimensions), is a generalization of conic sections (ellipses, parabolas,...
- mathematics, a quadric or quadric hypersurface is the subspace of N-dimensional space defined by a polynomial equation of degree 2 over a field. Quadrics are fundamental...
- Quadrics was a supercomputer company formed in 1996 as a joint venture between Alenia Spazio and the technical team from Meiko Scientific. They produced...
- manifold known as the Lie quadric (a quadric hypersurface in projective space). Lie sphere geometry is the geometry of the Lie quadric and the Lie transformations...
- space of lines in ⁠ P 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {P} ^{3}} ⁠ and points on a quadric in ⁠ P 5 {\displaystyle \mathbb {P} ^{5}} ⁠ (projective 5-space). A predecessor...
- ellipsoid is a quadric surface;  that is, a surface that may be defined as the zero set of a polynomial of degree two in three variables. Among quadric surfaces...
- 5-space, the points that represent each line in S lie on a quadric, Q known as the Klein quadric. If the underlying vector space of S is the 4-dimensional...
- In geometry, a paraboloid is a quadric surface that has exactly one axis of symmetry and no center of symmetry. The term "paraboloid" is derived from...
- of A, B, C, F, G and H are zero, is called a quadric surface. There are six types of non-degenerate quadric surfaces: Ellipsoid Hyperboloid of one sheet...
- section is a circle on a quadric surface (such as an ellipsoid or hyperboloid). It is a special plane section of the quadric, as this circle is the intersection...