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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A polynomial (from Greek poly, \"many\" and medieval Latin binomium, \"binomial\") is an expression of finite length constructed from variables (also known as indeterminates) and constants, using only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and non-negative integer exponents. For example,

is a polynomial, but

is not, because its second term involves division by the variable and because its third term contains an exponent that is not a whole number.\r
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