Programs & Degrees. Emergency Medical Technician. Very often, the first medical professionals on the scene of an emergency are Emergency Medical Technicians, or EMTs. Much more than mere âambulance driversâ, EMTs respond to all types of emergency calls and perform a wide variety of pre-hospital medical care.
Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: quadratic equation, quadratic (noun). an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square. quadratic, quadratic polynomial (adj). a polynomial of the second degree. quadratic (adj). of or relating to or resembling a square.
A quadratic equation is only different from a linear equation in one respect: one or more of the figures is squared. (The word quadratic derives from the Latin word for squared) The common form of a quadratic equation is ax2 + bx + c = 11. In such a equation, if a = 1, b = 2 and c = 3 then X must equal 2.