English
polynomial
From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial.
Formed from poly- + -nomial
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús ‘much, many’
Ancient Greek πολύς ‘many, much’
English poly-
Today it means
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.
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Etymograph / polynomial