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Definition of Radicand
1. Noun. (mathematics) The number or expression whose square root or other root is being considered; e.g. The 3 in ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Radicand
1. a quantity in mathematics [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Radicand
Literary usage of Radicand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Course in Algebra: With Mental Exercises by Albert Harry Wheeler (1907)
"When the radicand is an integer, the reduction of a surd to simplest form depends
upon the ... We may separate the radicand into the two groups of factors, ..."
2. First Course in Algebra by William Benjamin Fite (1913)
"In a radical of the form b^ a, a is called the radicand, and b the coefficient.
A radical is said to be simplified when (a) the radicand is an integer, ..."
3. Teachers' Manual: First Course in Algebra by Walter Burton Ford, Charles Ammerman (1919)
"3 is not a radical ; 3 is the index ; and 27 is the radicand. is a radical ; 4
is the index ; and 5 is the radicand. v^ X6 = 2 is not a radical ; 4 is the ..."
4. Elementary Algebra by Frederick Howland Somerville (1908)
"If the denominator of a fractional radicand can be made a perfect power of the
same degree as the index of the radical, the fractional factor resulting may ..."
5. First Course in Algebra: With Eight Thousand Examples Including Three by Albert Harry Wheeler (1908)
"The following sunk are not in simplest form : For, in л/§ the radicand £ is not
... In v ö the radicand 8 is a power, 8 = 2s, of which the exponent 3 is a ..."
6. Advanced Algebra by Joseph Victor Collins (1913)
"If the required root of any factor of the radicand can be taken, ... If the
radicand is fractional. To simplify, we multiply both terms of the radicand by a ..."
7. First Course in Algebra by Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton (1917)
"Multiply the numerator and the denominator of the radicand by the least ...
Then separate the radicand into two factors, one of which is a fraction and at ..."
8. Elementary Algebra by Elmer Adelbert Lyman, Albertus Darnell (1917)
"The radicand is integral. 2. The radicand is as small as possible ; that is,
contains no factor ... If the radicand is a fraction, simplify by Case II. 2. ..."
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