Root (disambiguation)

A root is the part of a plant below ground.

Root may also be:

Botany:

• Polemonium reptans, also called Abscess Root, a flowering plant in the genus Polemonium, native to eastern North America

Mathematics:

• Root (mathematics), an element x in the domain of f such that f(x) = 0; a solution of an equation
• Square root (${\sqrt {x}}$), the non-negative real number which, when multiplied by itself, gives x
• Cube root (${\sqrt[{3}]{x}}$) of a number, the number which, when cubed (multiplied by itself and then multiplied by itself again), gives x
• Radical (mathematics)
• Root-finding algorithm, a numerical method, or algorithm, for finding a value x, such that f(x) = 0, for a given function f
• N-th root algorithm
• Radix (from Latin, meaning root), the number base of a numeral system
• Root system, the set of vectors that form which are known as "roots"

Computing:

• The starting node of a tree structure
• Root directory
• The superuser on a Unix system
• /root, the Unix superuser's home directory
• ROOT, an object oriented multipurpose data analysis package

Music:

• Root (chord), the fundamental note of a chord
• The Roots, a Philadelphia-based hip-hop group

Place names:

• Root, New York
• Root LU, a commune in Switzerland
• Root River (Minnesota)
• Root River (Wisconsin)

People:

• Amanda Root (born 1963), British actress
• Elihu Root (1845–1937), American statesman and 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• John Wellborn Root (1850–1891), American architect
• John Wellborn Root, Jr. (1887–1963), American architect
• Robert Root-Bernstein, a MacArthur fellow and professor of life sciences at Michigan State University
• Sidney Root (1824–1897), American engineer and businessman

Other uses:

• Root cause, the primary source or origin
• Root (linguistics), the core form of a word
• To root, a slang term for "to have sexual intercourse"

See also

• Roots
• Radical, the original meaning of which is "pertaining to the root(s)"

External links

• Thesaurus.com: root