How to Use quadratic in a Sentence

quadratic

adjective

• But not all is heinous in the land quadratic feet: There are some examples of chic square toes.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 15 May 2017
• Here is a plot of his position as a function of time along with a quadratic fit.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 4 June 2019
• Here is the y-position of that water as a function of time with a quadratic fit.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2009
• In fifth grade, Leilani was able to derive the quadratic formula.
  — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 May 2017
• All of a sudden, quadratic equations meant nothing to him.
  — André Alexis, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
• The way quadratic funding works is that dollars matched are based off of the number of contributions to a project as opposed to the total amount raised.
  — Kyle Westaway, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• This is just one example of what’s called a quadratic polynomial, in which the variable is raised to the second power.
  — Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2021
• Example: In fifth grade, Leilani was able to derive the quadratic formula.
  — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 May 2017
• Venture’s go-to quadratic sidecut impressed the carving crew, too.
  — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
• In math class, McNatt quickly worked through quadratic equations on her laptop.
  — Maria Danilova, The Seattle Times, 28 Aug. 2017
• The proof hinges on a centuries-old principle called quadratic reciprocity that involves the squares of two prime numbers.
  — Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
• Most high school students know how to solve quadratic equations, such as −x−3=0, using the quadratic formula.
  — Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2022
• Outside of classroom-ready examples, the quadratic method isn't simple.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 Dec. 2019
• For example, when n = 2, this gives us the quadratic polynomial x2 – 1.
  — Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2021
• One neat way to fix this problem, suggests Numberphile, is to redesign speedometers to show the quadratic increase in energy that results from linear increases in speed.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2018
• This would be an example of quadratic resource value assessment, in which resources are valued most highly at a certain peak level.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2020
• For instance, the seashells above were digitally graphed using a series of exponential and quadratic functions.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 7 Feb. 2020
• In one mode of quantum-inspired, those linear equations are rewritten as quadratic equations, in which multiple variables can be multiplied by each other.
  — Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ, 10 June 2022
• Current admissions requirements call for only three years of math, but CSU faculty and leaders want to make sure new students keep their skills and avoid forgetting about quadratic equations and the like before attending college.
  — Camille Hovsepian, The Mercury News, 5 June 2017
• Increasingly, his four teenagers’ work on quadratic equations and imaginary zeros has felt like an exercise in futility.
  — Yoree Koh, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2020
• Gauss’s work is not just quadratic reciprocity and Gaussian curvature.
  — Rachel Crowell, Quanta Magazine, 1 Mar. 2023
• Generating complex movements in redundant robots like humanoids is usually done by means of multi-task controllers based on quadratic programming, where a multitude of tasks is organized according to strict or soft priorities.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Feb. 2020
• Ahmadi and Zhang ruled out the existence of an efficient algorithm that always finds locally optimal solutions to some quadratic optimization problems.
  — Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2021
• Studies reveal a robust quadratic effect, such that that maximum fashionableness is attained when outfits are neither too coordinated nor too different.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 4 Sep. 2014
• Reciprocity laws are generalizations of the 200-year-old quadratic reciprocity law, a cornerstone of number theory and one of Scholze’s personal favorite theorems.
  — Quanta Magazine, 28 June 2016
• Many aspects of modern finance, such as complex securities pricing, portfolio optimization and forecasting, rely on algorithms that are susceptible to potential quadratic or exponential speedup using quantum computers.
  — Paul Lipman, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• Philanthropists are also experimenting with quadratic funding.
  — Puja Ohlhaver, Wired, 1 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024