[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quadric \quad"ric\, a. math.
   of or pertaining to the second degree.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quadric \quad"ric\, n.
   a alg. a quantic of the second degree. see quantic.
   b geom. a surface whose equation in three variables is of
       the second degree. spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids,
       paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with
       circular bases, are quadrics.
       1913 webster
see also:
quantic 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

quadric
     n : a curve or surface whose equation in cartesian coordinates
         is of the second degree syn: quadric surface
see also:
quadric surface 

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