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.
QUANTIC
quantic
(noun) a homogeneous polynomial having at least two variables
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quantic (plural quantics)
(mathematics) A homogeneous polynomial in two or more variables.
Source: Wiktionary
Quan"tic, n. Etym: [L. quantus how much. See Quantity.] (Math.)
Definition: A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic is a binary cubic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
24 June 2025
CLINGFISH
(noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
Coffee Trivia
