Biquadrate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Biquadrate \Bi*quad"rate\, n. [Pref. bi- + quadrate.] (Math.)
     The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16,
     the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  biquadrate
       n : an algebraic equation of the fourth degree [syn: {biquadratic},
            {quartic}, {fourth power}]