Meanings
nounquadricriticoid (plural quadricriticoids)
plural quadricriticoids
- obsoletemathematicsA quadratic criticoid.
The form of the quadricriticoid s does not vary with the order of the equation.
1881, The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science1 more example
I retain the word quantoid to signify the sinister of a linear differential equation whereof the dexter is zero; and that a general quantoid has a quadricriticoid and a cubicriticoid I have already shown.
1864, James Cockle, Mathematical Researches, page 115
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