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121Square foot — Foot Foot (f[oo^]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy s, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step, pace… …
122root n — 1) A mathematician who was also a horticulturist was interested in prime roots, square roots, and trees in general. 2) Q: What do peroxide blondes and black men have in common? A: They both have black roots. escape route, extraction n …
123square thread — noun : a screw thread so made that the sides, root, and crest of any section formed by a plane that passes through the thread axis are all equal theoretically to one half the pitch …
124Methods of computing square roots — There are several methods for calculating the principal square root of a nonnegative real number. For the square roots of a negative or complex number, see below. Contents 1 Rough estimation 2 Babylonian method 2.1 Example …
125nth root — In mathematics, the nth root of a number x is a number r which, when raised to the power of n, equals x rn = x, where n is the degree of the root. A root of degree 2 is usually called a square root and a root of degree 3, a cube root. For example …
126Cube root — Plot of y = for . Complete plot is symmetric with respect to origin, as it is an odd function. At x = 0 this graph has a vertical tangent. In mathematics, a cube root of a number, denoted …
127Biquadratic root of a number — Biquadratic Bi quad*rat ic, a. [Pref. bi + quadratic: cf. F. biquadratique.] (Math.) Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power. [1913 Webster] {Biquadratic equation} (Alg.), an equation of the fourth degree, or an equation in some term… …
128Nth root — In mathematics, an n th root of a number a is a number b such that bn = a . When referring to the n th root of a real number a it is assumed that what is desired is the principal n th root of the number, which is denoted sqrt [n] {a} using the… …
