Root may refer to:

  • Root, a part of a plant
  • Nth root, a number such that if N copies of a number are multiplied together, gives the original number
  • Root of a function (zero of a function), an input value that produces an output of zero
  • A user account in many operating systems (especially Unix) which has full permissions over the system
  • Ancestry.

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