Why we call it Quadratic Equation

From: Animesh Maurya (animesh_m_at_eudoramail.com)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: 4 Oct 2004 03:18:46 -0700

Hi all,

Just a curious thought came in my mind,

Why quadratic equation is called quadratic, as it has noting to do
with quad (that is 4), the highest power is 2 and that of there are 2
roots.

Does this have any significance or it is just as coincidence?

Thanks
AM

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