math definition of a degree of a term
The degree of a term is the greatest exponent of a term. The highest exponent should have a non-zero coefficient in a polynomial articulated as a sum or difference of terms which is commonly known as Canonical form. The sum of the powers of all variables in the term is the degree of the term.he term which has 2 degree term is named as quadratic. The term which has 3 degree term is named as cubic. The term which has 4 degree term is named as quartic. The term which has 5 degree term is named as quintic. The degree of multiplicative inverse 1/a is -1. The degree of the square root is Â½.