quintic adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Of or relating to the fifth degree, such as a quintic polynomial which has the form ax⁵+bx⁴+cx³+dx²+ex+f=0 (containing a term with the independent variable raised to the fifth power). noun1 •a quintic polynomial: ax⁵+bx⁴+cx³+dx²+ex+f formsquintics