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rot.

root; the part of a plant that anchors the plant body

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/ruːt/
  1. root; the part of a plant that anchors the plant body

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  2. the part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place

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  3. source; an underlying cause

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    Kärleken till pengar är roten till allt ont.
  4. of a number n, a positive number which, when raised to a specified power, yields n; the square root is understood if no power is specified

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    Kubikroten ur 27 är 3.
    Multiplicera med roten ur 2.
  5. a zero (of a function).

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  6. a designated node in a tree.

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  7. 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

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  8. root directory

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  9. a word from which another word is derived.

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Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish rōt, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

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