square root

Noun

 * 1)  The number which, when squared, yields another number.
 * 2)  The positive number which, when squared, yields another number; the principal square root.
 * 1)  The positive number which, when squared, yields another number; the principal square root.
 * 1)  The positive number which, when squared, yields another number; the principal square root.

Usage notes
Even in mathematical contexts, square root generally means positive square root. If there is a chance of ambiguity, prefer constructions like a square root or a complex square root to indicate the first definition, or the positive square root or similar to indicate the second sense.

Translations

 * Albanian: rrënjë katrore
 * Arabic: جَذْر تَرْبِيعِيّ
 * Armenian: քառակուսի արմատ
 * Asturian: raíz cuadrada
 * Azerbaijani: kvadrat kök
 * Basque: erro karratu
 * Belarusian: квадра́тны ко́рань
 * Bulgarian: квадра́тен ко́рен
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: druhá odmocnina
 * Danish: kvadratrod
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: kvadrata radiko
 * Estonian: ruutjuur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: კვადრატული ფესვი, ფესვი
 * German:
 * Greek: τετραγωνική ρίζα
 * Ancient: δύναμις
 * Hebrew: שורש ריבועי
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: akar kuadrat
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: шаршы түбір, квадраттық түбір
 * Khmer: ឫសការេ, ឫសការ៉េ
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: квадрат тамыр
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: kvadratinė šaknis
 * Macedonian: ква́дратен ко́рен
 * Malay: punca kuasa dua
 * Maori: pūtake run
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian: ریشه دوم
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: raiz quadrada
 * Punjabi: ਵਰਗਮੂਲ
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: квадратни корен, квадратни коријен
 * Roman: kvadratni koren, kvadratni korijen
 * Slovak: druhá odmocnina
 * Slovene: kvadratni koren
 * Spanish: raíz cuadrada
 * Swahili: kipeuo cha pili
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pariugat
 * Tajik: решаи квадратӣ
 * Telugu: వర్గమూలం
 * Thai: รากที่สอง
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: квадра́тний ко́рінь
 * Urdu: جَذْرُ الْمُّرَبَّع
 * Uzbek: kvadrat ildiz
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ail isradd