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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quadric \Quad"ric\, adjective (Math.) Of or pertaining to the second degree.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quadric \Quad"ric\, noun (a) (Alg.) A quantic of the second degree. See {Quantic}. (b) (Geom.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
quadric
noun: a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree [syn: {quadric surface}]
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