Root (disambiguation)
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Roots are the parts of a plant that are below ground.
Root may also be:
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[edit] Botany
- Polemonium reptans, also called Abscess Root, a flowering plant in the genus Polemonium, native to eastern North America
[edit] Anatomy
- In a given spinal cord segment, two sets of nerve rootlets emerge from the cord on each side. The anterior rootlets form the ventral roots, while the posterior rootlets form the dorsal roots. The ventral and dorsal roots will later join to form a spinal nerve.
[edit] Computing
- In graph theory, every other node is accessible from the root node.
- Root directory
- The superuser on a Unix system
- Gaining superuser or administrator access to any computer.
- /root, the Unix superuser's home directory
- ROOT, an object oriented multipurpose data analysis package
[edit] Linguistics
- Root (linguistics), the core form of a word
- Consonantal root, or triliteral.
[edit] Mathematics
- Root (mathematics), an element x in the domain of f such that f(x) = 0; a solution of an equation
- Nth root of a number, or a number that when raised to the nth power yields the original number
- Square root (<math>\sqrt {x}</math>).
- Cube root (<math>\sqrt[3]{x}</math>).
- 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"
[edit] Music
- Root (chord), the fundamental note of a chord
- Root (band), Czech black/progressive metal band
- Root (album), a concept album by Thurston Moore
- The Roots, a hip-hop band from Philadelphia
- Roots Manuva, a rapper
- Roots (album), an album by Sepultura
- Roots, an album by Curtis Mayfield
- Roots revival, the revival of the traditional musical styles of earlier generations
- Roots music or world music, a style of music blending folk and contemporary styles
- American roots music or American folk music, early styles of American music
- Roots reggae, a type of reggae music
[edit] Television
- Roots, a mini-series based on the novel by Alex Haley
- .hack//Roots, an anime series created by Bee Train
[edit] Film
- TrueRoots, a Boston based media movement
[edit] Books
- Roots: The Saga of an American Family, a novel by Alex Haley
- Roots, a work by Arnold Wesker
[edit] Place names
- Root, New York
- Root LU, a commune in Switzerland
- Root River (Minnesota)
- Root River (Wisconsin)
[edit] People
- See Root (surname)
[edit] Other uses
- Root cause, the primary source or origin
- To root, a slang term for "to have sexual intercourse"
- Roots Canada Ltd., a Canadian garment manufacturer
- Roots type supercharger
- Roots can refer to the ancestry of an individual or group of people. See Kinship and descent.
[edit] See also
- Rootes, a defunct British motor manufacturer
- Radical, the original meaning of which is "pertaining to the root(s)"
[edit] External links
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