Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polynomial

/ˌpɑliˈnoʊmiəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables: poly-no-mi-al
IPA: /ˌpɑliˈnoʊmiəl/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as a_nxⁿ+a_n-1xⁿ⁻¹+...+a_0x⁰.

noun

A taxonomic designation (such as of a subspecies) consisting of more than two terms.

noun

A type of term consisting of multiple parts.

adj

Able to be described or limited by a polynomial.

adj

Of a polynomial name or entity.

Example Sentences

"Unfortunately, an analogous attack on the octic polynomial becomes exceedingly complicated."
"Our upper bound is the best possible, and it implies the existence of low-rank factorizations of positive semidefinite bivariate matrix polynomials and representations of biforms as sums of few squares."
"Alternatively, there are polynomials denoting stages of the day: tónglóng 曈昽 “ light at daybreak”; or meteorological phenomena, such as wùsōng 雾凇 “(soft) rime”, àidài 叆叇 “ (of clouds) dense”."
"The same corpus is used as in the analysis of the thematic scope of polynomials, except that in this case only 720 binomes will be considered."

Etymology

From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial.

Word Breakdown

Root: *nem-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpɑliˈnoʊmiəl/
British English: /ˌpɒlɪˈnəʊmɪəl/

Inflected Forms

polynomials (plural)

Derived Forms

eigenpolynomial nonpolynomial polynomialism polynomialist polynomiality polynomially polynomiography posynomial pseudopolynomial quasipolynomial subpolynomial superpolynomial

Phrases

Abel polynomial Alexander-Conway polynomial Alexander polynomial all-one polynomial Bell polynomial Bernoulli polynomial Bernstein basis polynomial Boas-Buck polynomial

Synonyms

multinomial

Rhymes With

binomial

Questions

How do you pronounce polynomial?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɑliˈnoʊmiəl/.
What does polynomial mean?: An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as a_nxⁿ+a_n-1xⁿ⁻¹+...+a_0x⁰.
Where does polynomial come from?: From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial.

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