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principal roots

principal roots is the plural of principal root.

Meaning of principal root

Noun

principal root (plural principal roots)

  1. A complex number which, when raised to the power of n, yields the radicand of its nth degree radical, and which has the greatest real part among all such numbers, and positive imaginary part in case of equality of the real parts.
    • The square roots of 4 are 2 and −2; the principal square root of 4 is 2.

Questions about principal roots

What is principal roots the plural of?
Principal roots is the plural of principal root.

Words near principal roots in the dictionary

  1. principal photography
  2. principal quantum number
  3. principal quantum numbers
  4. principal record
  5. principal root
  6. principal roots
  7. principal square root
  8. principal square roots
  9. principal ultrafilter
  10. principal ultrafilters
  11. principal-agent problem

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