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quadratic (adj.)
1650s, "square," from
quadrate
(late 14c.), from Latin
quadratus
"square," past participle of
quadrare
"to square," related to
quattuor
"four" (see
four
).
Quadratic equations
(1660s) so called because they involve the square of x.
