Square-root

Noun

noun

1. Attributive of square root
• a. 1992 Frederick Mosteller, "Writing about Numbers", in, 1992, John C. Bailar III and Frederick Mosteller, editors, Medical Uses of Statistics, second edition, page 388http://google.com/books?id=z-E2rHIEKJ8C&pg=PA388:In √a̅+̅b̅, the horizontal bar or vinculum is actually a parenthesis that groups a+b. Without it, √a+b might mean b+√a̅ or it might mean √a̅+̅b̅. Nevertheless, the square-root sign without the vinculum is often used....