square root
noun
: a factor of a number that when squared gives the number
the square root of 9 is ±3
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The square root of 9 is 3.
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They were shocked when a member of their school proved that the square root of 2 is not.
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Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
With what exactitude must, say, the square root of 2 (an irrational number that enters into many of the relevant quantum operations) be experimentally realized?
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2018
This is due to Price’s Law, which is also known as Price’s square root law.
—Adam Fayed, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Specifically, when calculating polls' average error, polls are weighted by one over the square root of the number of polls that their pollster conducted for that particular type of election in that particular cycle.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
With what exactitude must, say, the square root of 2 (an irrational number that enters into many of the relevant quantum operations) be experimentally realized?
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2018
This is due to Price’s Law, which is also known as Price’s square root law.
—Adam Fayed, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Specifically, when calculating polls' average error, polls are weighted by one over the square root of the number of polls that their pollster conducted for that particular type of election in that particular cycle.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for square root
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“Square root.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20root. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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