sqrt
Units & Measurements abbreviation · Math
| Stands for | Square root |
|---|---|
| Categories | Units & Measurements |
sqrt stands for Square root, a math abbreviation.
Function name for the square root in programming languages, spreadsheets and plain-text math, returning the nonnegative number whose square equals the input: sqrt(49) = 7.
Example: The diagonal of a 3-by-4 rectangle is sqrt(3² + 4²) = 5.
Usage notes
The radical sign √ evolved from a stylized letter r for Latin radix (root), and René Descartes added the horizontal bar in 1637. Excel uses =SQRT() and LaTeX \sqrt{}. Real-valued sqrt is undefined for negative inputs, while complex arithmetic returns imaginary results.
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