Webster's English Dictionary

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polynomial

poly.no.mi.al \.pa:l-i-'no--me--*l\ n [poly- + -nomial (as in binomial)] : 
   a sum of two or more algebraic expressions; specif : a sum of a  finite 
   number of terms each composed of a positive power of a variable multiplied 
   by a constant - polynomial aj