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A name or term.

Consisting of two terms; pertaining to binomials; as, a binomial root.

A single algebraic expression; that is, an expression unconnected with any other by the sign of addition, substraction, equality, or inequality.

Monomyal.

Same as Polynomial.

Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem.

A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.

Consisting of three terms; of or pertaining to trinomials; as, a trinomial root.

Of or pertaining to two names; binomial.

algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc.

Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.

A monomial.

A polynomial name or term.

Quadrinomial.

Quadrinomial. Sir W. R. Hamilton.

epending on four geometrical elements, and as expressible by an algebraic symbol of quadrinomial form.

m a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. -- Residual quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. -- Residual root (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as sq. root(a-b).

A name of a place; more broadly, a name, as in the binomial name of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or based on the location of the thing named.

Trinomial.

A numerical coefficient in any particular case of the binomial theorem. [Obs.]