square_root has definitions from the field of mathematics
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[ noun ] (mathematics) a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number

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The greater the depth of the water , the greater is the speed of the wave ; Lagrange 's law says that its velocity is equal to the square_root of the product of the depth times the acceleration due_to gravity .

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