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Radical Sign

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Noun

1. radical sign

a sign indicating the extraction of a root

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Radical Sign

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noun
the symbol √ placed before a number or quantity to indicate the extraction of a root, esp a square root. The value of a higher root is indicated by a raised digit in front of the symbol, as in 3√

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Radical Sign

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the sign (√ or ) used before a quantity to indicate that the square root (or a specified root indicated by an imposed index number) is to be extracted
derived from the r in Latin radix, root

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Radical Sign

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n.
Mathematics
1. The sign √ placed before a quantity, indicating extraction of the root designated by a raised integer. When extracting a square root, the raised integer is customarily omitted.
2. The radical sign together with a horizontal bar extending from its top to the end of the expression from which a root is to be extracted.

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