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square root

square root noun: the number which, when squared, yields another number.

Noun

square root (plural square roots)

  1. The number which, when squared, yields another number.
    • 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.
    Synonyms:
    sqr, sqrt
    Antonyms:
    square
  2. The positive number which, when squared, yields another number: the principal square root.
    • The square root of 4 is 2. No negative real square roots exist. Negative numbers have no real square roots.

square root meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

square root in Hindi

number
वर्गमूल vargamūl

square root in Tamil

இருமடி மூலம், இருபடி மூலம், இருபடிமூலம், வர்க்க மூலம், வர்க்கமூலம்

square root in Urdu

number
جَذْرُ الْمُّرَبَّع jazr-ul-murabbā'

square root in Telugu

number
వర్గమూలం vargamūlaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
square root in Kannada
ಸಲೆಬೇರು, ವರ್ಗಮೂಲ
square root in Punjabi
ਵਰਗਮੂਲ vargamūl
square root in Tagalog
pariugat
square root in Arabic
جَذْر تَرْبِيعِيّ jaḏr tarbīʕiyy
square root in Malay
punca kuasa dua
square root in Indonesian
akar kuadrat
square root in Persian
ریشهٔ دوم riše-ye dovvom
square root in Thai
รากที่สอง râak-tîi-sɔ̌ɔng
square root in Vietnamese
căn bậc hai
square root in Myanmar
နှစ်ထပ်ကိန်းရင်း hnachtapkin:rang:

Synonyms of square root

Antonyms

Forms of square root

pluralsquare roots

Words formed from square root

Questions about square root

What does square root mean?
Square root means the number which, when squared, yields another number.
What is square root in Hindi?
Square root in Hindi is वर्गमूल (vargamūl). See Square root meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is square root?
Square root is a noun.
What is the plural of square root?
The plural of square root is square roots.

Words near square root in the dictionary

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  3. square rods
  4. square roof
  5. square roofs
  6. square root
  7. square root decomposition
  8. square root decompositions
  9. square root of fuck all
  10. square roots
  11. square sail

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Adapted from Wiktionary: square root (page history and authors); square root (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); square root (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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