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See also: polynômial

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Etymology

From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, portion, part), by analogy with binomial.

Pronunciation

Noun

polynomial (plural polynomials)

  1. (algebra, strict sense) An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as .
    • 1999, William Dunham, Euler: The Master of Us All, Mathematical Association of America, published 1999, page 116:
      Unfortunately, an analogous attack on the octic polynomial becomes exceedingly complicated.
    • 2016, Grigoriy Blekherman, Daniel Plaumann, Rainer Sinn, Cynthia Vinzant, “Low-Rank Sum-of-Squares Representations on Varieties of Minimal Degree”, in arXiv:
      Our upper bound is the best possible, and it implies the existence of low-rank factorizations of positive semidefinite bivariate matrix polynomials and representations of biforms as sums of few squares.
  2. (taxonomy) A taxonomic designation (such as of a subspecies) consisting of more than two terms.
  3. (linguistics, Sinology) A type of term consisting of multiple parts. This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 2023, Martina Jemelková, “On the Nature of Zero-Meaning Sinograms: Typology and Thematic Classification”, in Studia Orientalia Slovaca, volume 22, number 2:
      Alternatively, there are polynomials denoting stages of the day: tónglóng 曈昽 “<fml.> light at daybreak”; or meteorological phenomena, such as wùsōng 雾凇 “(soft) rime”, àidài 叆叇 “<fml.> (of clouds) dense”.
    • 2025, Martina Jemelková, “Chinese Binomes: A Graphical or Phonological Construct?”, in Acta Linguistica Asiatica, volume 15, number 2, →DOI:
      The same corpus is used as in the analysis of the thematic scope of polynomials, except that in this case only 720 binomes will be considered.

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Adjective

polynomial (not comparable)

  1. (algebra) Able to be described or limited by a polynomial.
  2. (taxonomy) Of a polynomial name or entity.

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Pronunciation

Adjective

polynomial (feminine polynomiale, masculine plural polynomiaux, feminine plural polynomiales)

  1. polynomial

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