Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Biquadratic \Bi`quad*rat"ic\, a. [Pref. bi- + quadratic: cf. F.
biquadratique.] (Math.)
Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power.
{Biquadratic equation} (Alg.), an equation of the fourth
degree, or an equation in some term of which the unknown
quantity is raised to the fourth power.
{Biquadratic root of a number}, the square root of the square
root of that number. Thus the square root of 81 is 9, and
the square root of 9 is 3, which is the biquadratic root
of 81. Hutton.
Biquadratic \Bi`quad*rat"ic\, n. (Math.)
(a) A biquadrate.
(b) A biquadratic equation.
Source : WordNet®
biquadratic
adj : of or relating to the fourth power
biquadratic
n 1: an algebraic equation of the fourth degree [syn: {biquadrate},
{quartic}, {fourth power}]
2: an equation of the fourth degree [syn: {biquadratic equation}]
3: a polynomial of the fourth degree [syn: {biquadratic
polynomial}, {quartic polynomial}]