polynomial

See also: polynômial

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɒlɪˈnəʊmɪəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑliˈnoʊmiəl/

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 $a_{n}x^{n}+a_{n-1}x^{n-1}+...+a_{0}x^{0}$.
2. (taxonomy) A taxonomic designation (such as of a subspecies) consisting of more than two terms.

Hyponyms

• binomial
• homogeneous polynomial
• monomial
• trinomial
• quadrinomial
• quantic

Holonyms

• rational function

Derived terms

Derived terms

• polynomial complexity
• polynomial equation
• polynomial interpolation
• polynomial sequence

Translations

algebraic expression

• Afrikaans: polinoom (af)
• Azerbaijani: çoxhədli
• Bulgarian: полином m (polinom), многочлен m (mnogočlen)
• Burmese: ကိန်းစုတန်း (my) (kin:cu.tan:)
• Catalan: polinomi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多項式／多项式 (zh) (duōxiàngshì)

• Czech: polynom m
• Danish: polynomium n
• Dutch: polynoom (nl) n or m, veelterm m
• Estonian: polünoom
• Finnish: polynomi (fi)
• French: polynôme (fr) m
• Galician: polinomio m
• German: Polynom (de) n
• Greek: πολυώνυμο (el) n (polyónymo)
• Hindi: बहुपद (bahupad)
• Hungarian: polinom (hu)
• Icelandic: margliða f
• Italian: polinomio (it) m
• Japanese: 多項式 (ja) (たこうしき, takōshiki)
• Khmer: ពហុធា (km) (pea’hu’tʰie)
• Korean: 다항식 (ko) (dahangsik)
• Malayalam: ബഹുപദം (bahupadaṃ)
• Norwegian: polynom (no) n
• Polish: wielomian (pl) m
• Portuguese: polinómio (pt) m (Portugal), polinômio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: polinom (ro) n
• Russian: многочле́н (ru) m (mnogočlén)
• Spanish: polinomio (es) m
• Swedish: polynom (sv) n
• Tagalog: damikay
• Thai: พหุนาม (pá-hù-naam)
• Turkish: polinom (tr)
• Vietnamese: đa thức (vi)

taxonomic designation

• French: polynôme (fr) m

Adjective

polynomial (not comparable)

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

Translations

in algebra

• Afrikaans: polinomies
• Catalan: polinomial
• Czech: polynomický
• Finnish: polynominen
• French: polynomial (fr)
• German: polynomisch
• Greek: πολυωνυμικός (el) (polyonymikós)
• Hungarian: polinomiális (hu)
• Italian: polinomiale (it)
• Polish: wielomianowy m
• Portuguese: polinomial
• Romanian: polinomial (ro), polinomic
• Russian: многочле́нный (ru) (mnogočlénnyj), полиномиа́льный (ru) (polinomiálʹnyj)
• Spanish: polinomial, polinómico
• Swedish: polynomiell (sv)
• Thai: พหุนาม (pá-hù-naam)
• Turkish: polinom (tr)
• Vietnamese: đa thức (vi)

in taxonomy

• French: polynominal m, polynominale f, polynomial (fr) m, polynomiale (fr) f

See also

• Appendix:English polynomial degrees

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

1. polynomial

Related terms

• polynôme