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.
Quadratic functions can be represented symbolically by the equation, y(x) = ax 2 + bx + c, where a, b, and c are constants, and a â  0. This form is referred to as standard form. The coefficient a in this form is called the leading coefficient because it is associated with the highest power of x (i.e. the squared term). Graphical Representation