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平方根

píng fāng gēn

3-character word

What 平方根 means

1. square root

The characters in 平方根

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings

Example sentences

• 我的老师教我负数也可以开平方根。
  My teacher taught me that you can take the square root of a negative number.

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