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rot



root
root


Definitions

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rot
     1. n-c. root; the part of a plant under the surface.
     2. n-c. the part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place
     3. n-c. source; an underlying cause
           Kärleken till pengar är roten till allt ont. - The love of money is the root of all evil.
     4. n-c. (mathematics) of a number , a positive number which, when raised to a specified power, yields n; the square root is understood if no power is specified
           Kubikroten ur 27 är 3. - The cube root of 27 is 3.
           Multiplicera med roten ur 2. - Multiply by root 2.
     5. n-c. (mathematics) a zero (of a function).
     6. n-c. (mathematics) a designated node in a tree.
     7. n-c. (mathematics) curl; a measure on how fast a vector field rotates: it can be described as the cross product of del and a given vectorial field
     8. n-c. (computing) root directory
     9. n-c. (philology) a word from which another word is derived.

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