polynomial
adjective
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L339380 on Wikidata ↗noun
- sum of multiples of powers of a variable
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlɪˈnəʊmɪəl/ / /ˌpɑliˈnoʊmiəl/
adj
Etymology: From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial.
- Able to be described or limited by a polynomial.
- Of a polynomial name or entity.
noun
Etymology: From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial.
- An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as a_nxⁿ+a_n-1xⁿ⁻¹+...+a_0x⁰.
“Unfortunately, an analogous attack on the octic polynomial becomes exceedingly complicated.”
“Our upper bound is the best possible, and it implies the existence of low-rank factorizations of positive semidefinite bivariate matrix polynomials and representations of biforms as sums of few squares.”
- A taxonomic designation (such as of a subspecies) consisting of more than two terms.
- A type of term consisting of multiple parts.
“Alternatively, there are polynomials denoting stages of the day: tónglóng 曈昽 “ light at daybreak”; or meteorological phenomena, such as wùsōng 雾凇 “(soft) rime”, àidài 叆叇 “ (of clouds) dense”.”
“The same corpus is used as in the analysis of the thematic scope of polynomials, except that in this case only 720 binomes will be considered.”