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English
Etymology
From quadri- + criticoid.
Noun
quadricriticoid (plural quadricriticoids)
- (mathematics, obsolete) A quadratic criticoid.
1864, James Cockle, Mathematical Researches, page 115:I retain the word quantoid to signify the sinister of a linear differential equation whereof the dexter is zero; and that a general quantoid has a quadricriticoid and a cubicriticoid I have already shown.
1881, The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science:The form of the quadricriticoid s does not vary with the order of the equation.