1. of, relating to, or being a mathematical expression of the fourth degree
Usage: mathematics

1. a polynomial equation or expression of the fourth degree
Usage: mathematics

Examples

• The quartic equation has four solutions.
• She solved the quartic polynomial using the general formula.
• The graph of a quartic function can have up to three turning points.
• This quartic expression contains terms up to x to the fourth power.
• The quartic curve intersects the x-axis at four points.
• Students learn to factor simple quartic equations in algebra class.