Quan"tic (?), n. [L. quantus how
much. See Quantity.] (Math.) A homogeneous
algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing
only positive integral powers of the variables, and called
quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is
of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are
further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc.,
according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus,
the quantic ? is a binary cubic.