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Designating any of the degrees or powers of the variable below the highest that occurs in an equation.
Mathematics. Of an equation: Involving high powers of the unknown quantity.
Mathematics and Physics. Not linear (linear, adj. 3a); designating, involving, or solving an equation or equations of degree higher than one…