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...
- are degenerate quadric surfaces. When the prin****l axes of a quadric are aligned with the reference frame (always possible for a quadric), a general equation...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 4-dimensional space of lines in P3{\displaystyle \mathbb {P} ^{3}} and points on a quadric in P5{\displaystyle \mathbb {P} ^{5}} (projective 5-space). A predecessor...
- 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...