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Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If you include it in your equation, you can calculate all manners of things, which cannot be imagined without it.
Philip Pullman

Meaning of "square root" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SQUARE ROOT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SQUARE ROOT

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Square root is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SQUARE ROOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Square root

In mathematics, a square root of a number a is a number y such that y2 = a, in other words, a number y whose square is a. For example, 4 and −4 are square roots of 16 because 42 = 2 = 16. Every non-negative real number a has a unique non-negative square root, called the principal square root, which is denoted by √a, where √ is called the radical sign or radix. For example, the principal square root of 9 is 3, denoted √9 = 3, because 32 = 3 × 3 = 9 and 3 is non-negative. The term whose root is being considered is known as the radicand. The radicand is the number or expression underneath the radical sign, in this example 9. Every positive number a has two square roots: √a, which is positive, and −√a, which is negative. Together, these two roots are denoted ± √a. Although the principal square root of a positive number is only one of its two square roots, the designation "the square root" is often used to refer to the principal square root.

Definition of square root in the English dictionary

The definition of square root in the dictionary is a number or quantity that when multiplied by itself gives a given number or quantity.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SQUARE ROOT

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SQUARE ROOT

aerial root
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Synonyms and antonyms of square root in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «square root» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SQUARE ROOT

Find out the translation of square root to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of square root from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «square root» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

平方根
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

raíz cuadrada
570 millions of speakers

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square root
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वर्गमूल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجذر التربيعي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

квадратный корень
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

raiz quadrada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্গমূল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

racine carrée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

punca kuasa dua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Quadratwurzel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

平方根
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제곱근
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alun alun
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

căn bậc hai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சதுர ரூட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर्गमुळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kare kök
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

radice quadrata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pierwiastek kwadratowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

квадратний корінь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rădăcină pătrată
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τετραγωνική ρίζα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vierkantswortel
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

kvadratrot
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

kvadratrot
5 millions of speakers

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The term «square root» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.488 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about square root

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2 QUOTES WITH «SQUARE ROOT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word square root.
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Carson McCullers
The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as opposed to the freedom from humiliation, and love, which is the square root of wonderful.
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Philip Pullman
Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If you include it in your equation, you can calculate all manners of things, which cannot be imagined without it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUARE ROOT»

Discover the use of square root in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to square root and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Imaginary Tale: The Story of "i" [the square root of ...
This book can be read as an engaging history, almost a biography, of one of the most evasive and pervasive "numbers" in all of mathematics.
Paul J. Nahin, 2010
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The Square Root of Murder
Dr. Sophie Knowles teaches math at Henley College in Massachusetts, but when a colleague turns up dead, it's up to her to find the killer before someone else gets subtracted.
Ada Madison, 2011
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Division and Square Root: Digit-Recurrence Algorithms and ...
The book can also be used in graduate courses on arithmetic algorithms and processors.
Miloš D. Ercegovac, Tomás Lang, 1994
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The Square Root of 2: A Dialogue Concerning a Number and a ...
An elegantly dramatized and illustrated dialog on the square root of two and the whole concept of irrational numbers.
David Flannery, 2006
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The Square Root of 2: A Dialogue Concerning a Number and a ...
A Dialogue Concerning a Number and a Sequence David Flannery. 2 The Square Root of 2 A Dialogue Concerning a Number.
David Flannery, 2006
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Statistics Using SPSS: An Integrative Approach
The relative distances between the values have changed as a result of this square root transformation. In particular, the square root transformation has reduced the distances between adjacent values in a nonuniform way. The higher the value, ...
Sharon Lawner Weinberg, Sarah Knapp Abramowitz, 2008
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Investment Performance Measurement
The annualized version of the standard deviation statistic is sometimes called volatility. To annualize the standard deviation, we multiply the standard deviation by the square root of the number of returns in a year given the periodicity of the ...
Bruce J. Feibel, 2003
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Pre-Calculus For Dummies
At the end of it all, you're just getting rid of a square root. Normally, the best way to do that in an equation is to square both sides. For example, if x 3 - ^ h = 5, x32- ^h=52orx–3=25. However, you can't fall for the trap of rationalizing a fraction by ...
Krystle Rose Forseth, Christopher Burger, Michelle Rose Gilman, 2008
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THE QUADRATURE OF THE CIRCLE, THE SQUARE ROOT OF TWO, AND ...
If the diagonal contains either a fraction or a decimal, this fraction must first be reduced to a decimal and the value pointed off as in reduction of decimals. If a decimal only, it must first be pointed off, then divide this decimal by the square root of ...
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MYERS, 1874
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Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Fourth Edition, Volume Two: ...
3.8H Force-balance-type differential pressure transmitter. Square Root-Extracting d/p Transmitter Differential pressure elements, such as in Figure 3.8i, provide a motion output. A motion transmitter, as in Figure 3.8g, could be used with such a  ...
Bela G. Liptak, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUARE ROOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term square root is used in the context of the following news items.
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Square Root loudspeaker promises no distortion
Square Audio has introduced a new loudspeaker called Square Root, and it is designed to be a high end speaker for musicians and others who want quality ... «SlashGear, Jun 15»
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Free tasting of fine tequilas at Root Squared on Wednesday (April 8)
Tequila distiller German Gonzalez will bring his T1 Tequila Uno line to Root Squared, the bar above the restaurant Square Root, on Wednesday (April 8) for a ... «NOLA.com, Apr 15»
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Square Root Named One of the Best Small Companies to Work for …
Our passion for culture is the basis for everything we do, from the way we work together to how we partner with our customers. Chris Taylor, CEO of Square Root. «PR Web, Apr 15»
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Hot YA Book 'The Square Root of Summer' Sells at Auction
The Square Root of Summer, the debut YA novel from journalist Harriet Reuter Hapgood, has been acquired by Macmillan imprint Roaring Press Books in a ... «Hollywood Reporter, Feb 15»
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Square Root Hires Director of Marketing
Square Root, a Software as a Service (SaaS) company that provides field performance management solutions for multi-unit enterprises, has hired Sarah ... «PR Web, Jan 15»
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THE SQUARE ROOT SEASON LIVES
All signs pointed to the Knicks winning tonight for the first time since roughly 1996. Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire both opted in while Anthony Davis ... «Posting and Toasting, Jan 15»
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The square root of evil
The Bakhshali manuscript contains an early method to compute square roots. Much earlier, in Greece around 600BCE the pursuit of a square's diagonal length ... «Hindu Business Line, Dec 14»
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Root offers a menu from the 'new' New Orleans
Phillip Lopez, the chef behind Root and its sister restaurant, Square Root, wants to bring New Orleans' historically inspired cooking in line with modern dining. «USA TODAY, Nov 14»
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Blake Abene of Root and Square Root: A 2014 Chef to Watch in …
Now Abene is the corporate pastry chef for Rebel Restaurant Group, which runs Root, Square Root and the bar Root Squared. Abene's desserts, as strikingly ... «The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, Oct 14»
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At Square Root, pastry chef Blake Abene builds desserts that look …
Phillip Lopez of Root and Square Root, the leading New Orleans practitioner of avant grade cooking, knows how to dazzle with his dishes. But he has a theory ... «The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, Sep 14»

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