square root
noun
: a factor of a number that when squared gives the number
the square root of 9 is ±3
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The square root of 9 is 3.
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Unlike the more familiar real numbers – positive and negative integers, fractions, square roots, cube roots and even numbers such as pi – complex numbers have an imaginary component.
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William Ross, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
Other rings of integers can be built out of sets of numbers that include, say, the square root of −1 (the imaginary number that mathematicians call i), or the cube root of 2.
—Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2025
Another, following a different set of rules, might read one number and print its square root.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
The square root of a number x is a value y such that when y is squared the value is x.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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William Ross, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
Other rings of integers can be built out of sets of numbers that include, say, the square root of −1 (the imaginary number that mathematicians call i), or the cube root of 2.
—Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2025
Another, following a different set of rules, might read one number and print its square root.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
The square root of a number x is a value y such that when y is squared the value is x.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for square root
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“Square root.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20root. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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