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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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.
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Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Miami has the most salad shops and juice and smoothie bars (per square root of population).
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Remarkably, the rudimentary tools that the ancient Greeks used to draw their geometric diagrams perfectly match the natural operations of modern-day algebra: addition (+), subtraction (–), multiplication (x), division (/) and taking square roots (√).
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2024
The modern notation for square roots came into use in the 16th and 17th centuries.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Miami has the most salad shops and juice and smoothie bars (per square root of population).
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Remarkably, the rudimentary tools that the ancient Greeks used to draw their geometric diagrams perfectly match the natural operations of modern-day algebra: addition (+), subtraction (–), multiplication (x), division (/) and taking square roots (√).
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2024
The modern notation for square roots came into use in the 16th and 17th centuries.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2024
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“Square root.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20root. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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