Polynomial

[Sarah]

An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by thesigns plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab b2.

[Sarah]

a mathematical term which has no use in real life,
unless u like finding out how much space something takes up.
which no one really does.
i like polynomials tho.they are easy to factor and stuff like dat.

[Sarah]

A sex position where botht the man and the woman contort their bodies in an exotic position resembling a polynomial

[Sarah]

Basically, the granddaddy of all equations across all spectrums of mathematics. If you can manipulate polynomials, you can represent almost all mathematical functions graphically.

Also, to clarify the butthurt definition given ahead of me, polynomials actually are not useless in real life. And they are used for much more than the 6th grade application given. Granted, said definer probably didn't use them much in his career flipping burgers.

The form of a polynomial is as follows: Given k is a positive integer, and C is a real number coefficient, and a is the value of x defined as the center of the polynomial...

A polynomial expression can be expressed by C(x-a)^k.

Expression will be k 1 terms long, each k one integer less until k = 0.

Example: k=3, a=0, C0=100,C1=1,C2=2, C3=3

3(x)^3 2(x)^2 1(x)^1 100(x)^0

All polynomials can be expressed in this manner. Note that a cleaner way to express polynomials is through series, but I don't know how to type that correctly.

[Dave Paprocki]

a number or variable (= mathematical symbol) , or the result of adding or subtracting two or more numbers or variables

[exinilu]

Consisting of several terms.