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.
QUARTIC
biquadrate, biquadratic, quartic, fourth power
(noun) an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
quartic (not comparable)
(mathematics) of or relating to the fourth degree
Noun
quartic (plural quartics)
(mathematics) An algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree.
(mathematics) A curve describing such an equation or function.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with quadratic (“degree two”); see quadratic: usage notes.
Hyponyms
• squircle
Source: Wiktionary
Quar"tic, a. Etym: [L.quartus fourth.] (Mach.)
Definition: Of the fourth degree.
Quar"tic, n. (a) (Alg.) A quantic of the fourth degree. See Quantic. (b) (Geom.) A curve or surface whose equation is of the fourth degree in the variables.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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