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The number which, when squared, yields another number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
- Near-synonym: √
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sqr, sqrt, mul:√
Antonyms: square
Broader terms: root
The positive number which, when squared, yields another number: the principal square root.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
- The square root of 4 is 2. No negative real square roots exist. Negative numbers have no real square roots.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: root
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
vierkantswortel
— number
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Albanian:
rrënjë katrore
— number
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Arabic:
جَذْر تَرْبِيعِيّ
(jaḏr tarbīʕiyy)
— number
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Armenian:
քառակուսի արմատ
(kʻaṙakusi armat)
— number
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Asturian:
raíz cuadrada
— number
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Azerbaijani:
kvadrat kök
— number
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Basque:
erro karratu
— number
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Belarusian:
квадра́тны ко́рань
(kvadrátny kóranʹ)
— number
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Bulgarian:
квадра́тен ко́рен
(kvadráten kóren)
— number
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Burmese:
နှစ်ထပ်ကိန်းရင်း
(hnachtapkin:rang:)
— number
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Catalan:
arrel quadrada
— number
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Chinese Mandarin:
平方根
(píngfānggēn)
— number
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Czech:
druhá odmocnina
— number
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Danish:
kvadratrod
— number
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Dutch:
vierkantswortel
— number
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Dutch:
wortel
— number
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Esperanto:
kvadrata radiko
— number
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Estonian:
ruutjuur
— number
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Finnish:
neliöjuuri
— number
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French:
racine carrée
— number
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Galician:
raíz cadrada
— number
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Georgian:
კვადრატული ფესვი
(ḳvadraṭuli pesvi)
— number
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Georgian:
ფესვი
(pesvi)
— number
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German:
Quadratwurzel
— number
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German:
zweite Wurzel
— number
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Greek:
τετραγωνική ρίζα
(tetragonikí ríza)
— number
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Ancient Greek:
δύναμις
(dúnamis)
— number
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Hebrew:
שורש ריבועי
(shóresh ribuí)
— number
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Hindi:
वर्गमूल
(vargamūl)
— number
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Hungarian:
négyzetgyök
— number
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Icelandic:
kvaðratrót
— number
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Indonesian:
akar kuadrat
— number
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Italian:
radice quadrata
— number
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Japanese:
平方根
(heihōkon)
— number
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Kazakh:
шаршы түбір
(şarşy tübır)
— number
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Kazakh:
квадраттық түбір
(kvadrattyq tübır)
— number
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Khmer:
ឫសការេ
(rɨhkaaree)
— number
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Khmer:
ឫសការ៉េ
(rɨhkaaree)
— number
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Korean:
제곱근
(jegopgeun)
— number
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Korean:
평방근
(pyeongbanggeun)
— number
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Kyrgyz:
квадрат тамыр
(kvadrat tamır)
— number
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Latvian:
kvadrātsakne
— number
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Lithuanian:
kvadratinė šaknis
— number
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Macedonian:
ква́дратен ко́рен
(kvádraten kóren)
— number
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Malay:
punca kuasa dua
— number
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Māori:
pūtakerua
— number
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kvadratrot
— number
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Persian:
ریشهٔ دوم
(riše-ye dovvom)
— number
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Polish:
pierwiastek kwadratowy
— number
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Portuguese:
raiz quadrada
— number
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Punjabi:
ਵਰਗਮੂਲ
(vargamūl)
— number
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Romanian:
rădăcină pătrată
— number
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Romanian:
radical
— number
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Russian:
квадра́тный ко́рень
(kvadrátnyj kórenʹ)
— number
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Serbo-Croatian:
квадратни корен
— number
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Serbo-Croatian:
квадратни коријен
— number
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Serbo-Croatian:
kvadratni koren
— number
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Serbo-Croatian:
kvadratni korijen
— number
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Slovak:
druhá odmocnina
— number
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Slovene:
kvadratni koren
— number
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Spanish:
raíz cuadrada
— number
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Swahili:
kipeuo cha pili
— number
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Swedish:
kvadratrot
— number
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Tagalog:
pariugat
— number
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Tajik:
решаи квадратӣ
(reša-yi kvadrati)
— number
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Telugu:
వర్గమూలం
(vargamūlaṁ)
— number
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Thai:
รากที่สอง
(râak-tîi-sɔ̌ɔng)
— number
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Turkish:
karekök
— number
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Ukrainian:
квадра́тний ко́рінь
(kvadrátnyj kórinʹ)
— number
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Urdu:
جَذْرُ الْمُّرَبَّع
(jazr-ul-murabbā')
— number
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Uzbek:
kvadrat ildiz
— number
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Vietnamese:
căn bậc hai
— number
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Welsh:
ail isradd
— number