biquadrate


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biquadrate

(baɪˈkwɒdreɪt; -rɪt)
n
(Mathematics) maths the fourth power
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Noun1.biquadrate - an algebraic equation of the fourth degree
number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
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(1) infers that the scattering intensity [E.sub.s] is proportional to the observed intensity [E.sub.0] and inversely proportional to the biquadrate of wavelength [lambda].
To do this, we calculated what is called weighted Kappa, using the most standard weights, i.e., linear (Cohen, 1968) and biquadrate (Cohen and Fleiss, 1981).