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polynomial
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/ˌpɒlɪˈnəʊmɪəl/
noun · adjective
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A mathematical expression made from numbers and powers of a variable.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA taxonomic designation (such as of a subspecies) consisting of more than two terms.
Examples
No algorithm that can solve this problem in polynomial time has been found yet.
Is this a polynomial?
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 4
Also pronounced
- /ˌpɑliˈnoʊmiəl/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA type of term consisting of multiple parts.
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.
adjective
Extra meaningAble to be described or limited by a polynomial.
More examples
In contextUnfortunately, 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.
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”.
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Origin
noun
From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial.