Square root

Synonyms for "square root" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
principal rootradical

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
root

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
root operationroot-basedsquare root operation

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
algebraic descriptorarithmetic operationmath conceptmath operationmathematical termnumber operationroot

More specific

8 entries
integer rootnonnegative rootperfect square rootpositive square rootprincipal square rootradical expressionreal rootsquare root symbol

Collocations

8 entries
nonnegative rootperfect square rootprincipal square rootreal number square rootsquare root functionsquare root symbolsquare root valuesquare-root calculation

Inflections

3 entries
more square-rootmost square-rootsquare roots

Derivations

5 entries
square-root expressionsquare-root functionsquare-root operationsquare-root symbolsquare-rooted

Translations

72 translations across 63 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • vierkantswortel noun (number)

Albanian

1 entries
  • rrënjë katrore noun (number)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • δύναμις noun (number)

Arabic

1 entries
  • جَذْر تَرْبِيعِيّ noun (number)

Armenian

1 entries
  • քառակուսի արմատ noun (number)

Asturian

1 entries
  • raíz cuadrada noun (number)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kvadrat kök noun (number)

Basque

1 entries
  • erro karratu noun (number)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • квадра́тны ко́рань noun (number)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • квадра́тен ко́рен noun (number)

Burmese

1 entries
  • နှစ်ထပ်ကိန်းရင်း noun (number)

Catalan

1 entries
  • arrel quadrada noun (number)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 平方根 noun (number)

Czech

1 entries
  • druhá odmocnina noun (number)

Danish

1 entries
  • kvadratrod noun (number)

Dutch

2 entries
  • vierkantswortel noun (number)
  • wortel noun (number)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kvadrata radiko noun (number)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ruutjuur noun (number)

Finnish

1 entries
  • neliöjuuri noun (number)

French

1 entries
  • racine carrée noun (number)

Galician

1 entries
  • raíz cadrada noun (number)

Georgian

2 entries
  • კვადრატული ფესვი noun (number)
  • ფესვი noun (number)

German

1 entries
  • Quadratwurzel noun (number)

Greek

1 entries
  • τετραγωνική ρίζα noun (number)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שורש ריבועי noun (number)

Hindi

1 entries
  • वर्गमूल noun (number)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • négyzetgyök noun (number)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kvaðratrót noun (number)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • akar kuadrat noun (number)

Italian

1 entries
  • radice quadrata noun (number)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 平方根 noun (number)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • квадраттық түбір noun (number)
  • шаршы түбір noun (number)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ឫសការេ noun (number)
  • ឫសការ៉េ noun (number)

Korean

2 entries
  • 제곱근 noun (number)
  • 평방근 noun (number)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • квадрат тамыр noun (number)

Latvian

1 entries
  • kvadrātsakne noun (number)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kvadratinė šaknis noun (number)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ква́дратен ко́рен noun (number)

Malay

1 entries
  • punca kuasa dua noun (number)

Māori

1 entries
  • pūtake run noun (number)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kvadratrot noun (number)

Persian

1 entries
  • ریشهٔ دوم noun (number)

Polish

1 entries
  • pierwiastek kwadratowy noun (number)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • raiz quadrada noun (number)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਵਰਗਮੂਲ noun (number)

Romanian

2 entries
  • radical noun (number)
  • rădăcină pătrată noun (number)

Russian

1 entries
  • квадра́тный ко́рень noun (number)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kvadratni koren noun (number)
  • kvadratni korijen noun (number)
  • квадратни корен noun (number)
  • квадратни коријен noun (number)

Slovak

1 entries
  • druhá odmocnina noun (number)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kvadratni koren noun (number)

Spanish

1 entries
  • raíz cuadrada noun (number)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kipeuo cha pili noun (number)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kvadratrot noun (number)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pariugat noun (number)

Tajik

1 entries
  • решаи квадратӣ noun (number)

Telugu

1 entries
  • వర్గమూలం noun (number)

Thai

1 entries
  • รากที่สอง noun (number)

Turkish

1 entries
  • karekök noun (number)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • квадра́тний ко́рінь noun (number)

Urdu

1 entries
  • جَذْرُ الْمُّرَبَّع noun (number)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kvadrat ildiz noun (number)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • căn bậc hai noun (number)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ail isradd noun (number)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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Near-synonym: √

Source: wiktionary

The square roots of 4 are 2 and −2, the square root of 0 is 0, and the square roots of −4 are 2i and −2i.

Source: wiktionary

In √a̅+̅b̅, the horizontal bar or vinculum is actually a parenthesis that groups a+b. Without it, √a+b might mean b+√a̅ or it might mean √a̅+̅b̅. Nevertheless, the square-root sign without the vinculum is often used[…].

Source: wiktionary

The square root of 4 is 2. No negative real square roots exist. Negative numbers have no real square roots.

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