Root (disambiguation)
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The word root has a number of specific meanings - all derived from the original botanical meaning - in a variety of different fields:
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Botany
Mathematics
- square root - √x is the non-negative real number which, when multiplied by itself, gives x.
- Radical (mathematics)
- root (mathematics) - parameter value for which a formula is zero.
- radix (from Latin, root) - the number base of a numeral system.
- The set of vectors that form a root system are refered to as roots.
Computing
- the root of a tree structure is the starting node
- Root directory
- superuser - the privileged Unix user account.
- /root - the Unix superuser's home directory
- ROOT - an object oriented multipurpose data analysis package
Music
- root (chord) - the fundamental note of a chord.
- American roots music - an early form of American music.
- The Roots an alternative hip hop group.
- Roots (album) an album of the Brazilian trash metal band Sepultura.
Literature and popular culture
- Roots (novel) - a 1976 novel by Alex Haley
- Roots (TV miniseries) - a 1977 television mini-series based on the novel
Place names
- Root, New York - a location in Montgomery County, New York
- Root LU - a commune in Switzerland
Other uses
- Root cause - primary source, origin. See epistemology, e.g.
- root (linguistics) - the core form of a word in linguistics
See also
- radical - original meaning: "pertaining to the root(s)"
