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Definition of Square root

1. Noun. A number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number.

Definition of Square root

1. Noun. (mathematics) Of a number, another number which, when squared, yields the original number; sometimes constrained to be the positive number when two solutions exist. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Square Root

Literary usage of Square root

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"Extraction of the square root. As regards the extraction of the square root, ... Planudes describes fully the method of extracting the square root of a ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The square root of fractions may be found by extracting the root of the numerator ... Illustration of the method employed in finding the square root of 576: ..."

3. The Scholar's Arithmetic, Or, Federal Accountant ...: The Whole in a Form by Daniel Adams (1814)
"Of the reason and nature of the various steps in lie extraction oj the SQUARE HOOT The extraction of the square root, therefore has this operation on nwm- ..."

4. The North American Arithmetic ...: For Advanced Scholars by Frederick Emerson (1850)
"What is the square root of 2704 ? 4. Extract the square root of 361. 5. What is the square root of 3025 ? 6. What is the square root of 121? 7. ..."

5. The North American Arithmetic: Part Third : for Advanced Scholars by Frederick Emerson (1834)
"What is the square root of 2704.? 4. Extract the square root of 361. 5. What is the square root of 3025 ? 6. What is the square root of 121? 7. ..."

6. The North American Arithmetic by Frederick Emerson (1851)
"What is the square root of 2704 ? 5. What is the square root of 3025 ? 6. ... Extract the square root of 289. 8. Extract the square root of 400. 9. ..."

7. Algebra: An Elementary Text Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools by George Chrystal (1886)
"square root OF AN INTEGRAL FUNCTION OF X. § 17.] When an integral function of a; is a complete square as regards x, its square root can be found by a method ..."

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