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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The new value was proportional to m times the square root of n.
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 June 2025
Williams saw that a simulation based on squishy pebbles would make the new algorithm’s space usage much smaller — roughly equal to the square root of the original algorithm’s time budget.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 21 May 2025
This means they are made of both real numbers and the imaginary number i: the square root of negative 1.
—William Ross, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
The new value was proportional to m times the square root of n.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 12 May 2025
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 18 Jun. 2025.
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