(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.

plural of root rot

A flowering plant of the genus Aletris.

A structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods.

To cellar (food) in a root cellar.

plural of root position

(mathematics, number theory) For a given modulus n, a number g such that for every a coprime to n there exists an integer k such that gᵏ ≡ a (mod n); a generator (or primitive element) of the multiplicative group, modulo n, of integers relatively prime to n.

(music) a position of a chord when the root is the lowest note

(biology) The rhizoid of a vascular plant; a tubular outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root.

plural of root parsley