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Uncommonsquare root
The correct spelling is square root.
How to pronounce square root
noun
Say it like: Skw-are- roo-t
The correct spelling is square root. The number which, when squared, yields another number. For example: "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."
Usage Examples
“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.”
“The square root of 4 is 2. No negative real square roots exist. Negative numbers have no real square roots.”
Definition
noun
- 1.The number which, when squared, yields another number.
- 2.The positive number which, when squared, yields another number; the principal square root.
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