English-French translations for square root

• racine carrée
  Le système de la racine carrée donne trop de poids aux États plus petits. The square root system gives too much clout to smaller states.
  S'il est clair que l'amendement "racine carrée" défend fermement les petits pays, il s'agit néanmoins d'une caricature de la proportionnalité. Although it is clear that the square root amendment strongly supports the smaller countries, this is actually a caricature of proportionality.

Definition of square root

• The number which, when squared, yields another number
• The positive number which, when squared, yields another number; the principal square root

Examples

• The square roots of 4 are 2 and −2, the square root of 0 is 0, and the square roots of −4 are 2i and −2i.
• The square root of 4 is 2. No negative square roots exist. Negative numbers have no square roots.

Related words

• square root function
• root mean square
• root mean square velocity
• mushroom head square neck bolt
• root-mean-square value