"principal root" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: principal roots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} principal root (plural principal roots)
  1. (mathematics) A complex number which, when raised to the power of n, yields the radicand of its nth degree radical, and which has the greatest real part among all such numbers, and positive imaginary part in case of equality of the real parts. Categories (topical): Mathematics Related terms: principal square root, absolute value, root, Translations (number): 主根 (zhǔgēn) (Chinese Mandarin), juuren pääarvo (Finnish), aritmētiskā sakne [feminine] (Latvian)

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