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QUANTIC
Definition of QUANTIC
noun
A homogeneous polynomial in two or more variables.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
QUANTIC carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A homogeneous polynomial having two or more variables.
noun
In mathematics, a rational integral homogeneous function of two or more variables.
noun
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.
noun
a homogeneous polynomial having at least two variables
Where it comes from
From Latin quantus (“how much”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUANTIC · 1 relative in the game
QUANTIC in a sentence
“Developer Quantic Dream has always made deep, invo ... quantic dream”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUANTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUANTIC starts with Q and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACINQTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUANTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found QUANTIC?
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