SQUARE ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does square root mean? 

• SQUARE ROOT (noun)
  The noun SQUARE ROOT has 1 sense:

1. a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number

  Familiarity information: SQUARE ROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUARE ROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("square root" is a kind of...):

root (a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number)

 Context examples 

A number of the form x+iy, where x and y are real numbers and i is the imaginary unit equal to the square root of -1.

(Complex Number, NCI Thesaurus)