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The degree of a polynomial is the highest degree of its terms when the polynomial is expressed in its canonical form consisting of a linear combination of monomials. The degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of the variables that appear in it.
A polynomial function has the form , where are real numbers and n is a nonnegative integer. In other words, a polynomial is the sum of one or more monomials with real coefficients and nonnegative integer exponents. The degree of the polynomial function is the highest value for n where an is not equal to 0. Polynomial functions of only one term are called monomials or power functions. A power function has the form .