An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
QUADRIC
quadric, quadric surface
(noun) a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
quadric (plural quadrics)
(mathematics) A surface whose shape is defined in terms of a quadratic equation
Adjective
quadric (not comparable)
(mathematics) Of or relating to the second degree; quadratic.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Quad"ric, a. (Math.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the second degree.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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