<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up Appendix: English polynomial degrees in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> <P> The following names are assigned to polynomials according to their degree: </P> <Ul> <Li> Special case--zero (see § Degree of the zero polynomial below) </Li> <Li> Degree 0--non-zero constant </Li> <Li> Degree 1--linear </Li> <Li> Degree 2--quadratic </Li> <Li> Degree 3--cubic </Li> <Li> Degree 4--quartic (or, if all terms have even degree, biquadratic) </Li> <Li> Degree 5--quintic </Li> <Li> Degree 6--sextic (or, less commonly, hexic) </Li> <Li> Degree 7--septic (or, less commonly, heptic) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Special case--zero (see § Degree of the zero polynomial below) </Li>

A polynomial with a degree of 2 is called