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What (who) is root - definition
DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE
Root.cern; CERN ROOT
root
![barley]] root](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CSIRO ScienceImage 11626 Barley root.jpg?width=200 "barley]] root")
![Coralloid roots of ''[[Cycas revoluta]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cycas revoluta coralloid roots.JPG?width=200 "Coralloid roots of ''[[Cycas revoluta]]''")
![Cross section of a [[mango]] tree](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Exposed mango tree roots.jpg?width=200 "Cross section of a [[mango]] tree")
![Aerating roots of a [[mangrove]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mangroves.jpg?width=200 "Aerating roots of a [[mangrove]]")
![Root system of adult ''[[Araucaria heterophylla]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Profile of an adult Araucaria heterophylla with its roots system, Auckland-New Zealand, hand drawing Axel Aucouturier.jpg?width=200 "Root system of adult ''[[Araucaria heterophylla]]''")
![The stilt roots of ''[[Socratea exorrhiza]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Socratea exorriza2002 03 12.JPG?width=200 "The stilt roots of ''[[Socratea exorrhiza]]''")
![Tree roots at [[Cliffs of the Neuse State Park]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tree Roots at Riverside.jpg?width=200 "Tree roots at [[Cliffs of the Neuse State Park]]")
![[[Ficus]] Tree with [[buttress root]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tree roots2.jpg?width=200 "[[Ficus]] Tree with [[buttress root]]s")
ORGAN OF A HIGHER PLANT THAT ANCHORS THE REST OF THE PLANT IN THE GROUND, ABSORBS WATER AND MINERAL SALTS FROM THE SOIL, AND DOES NOT BEAR LEAVES OR BUDS
Rooted; Root (botany); Tree root; Plant roots; Plant root; Shallow-rooted; Shallow rooted; Deep-rooted; Deep rooted; Peg root; Adventitious Root; Root (plant)
root1
¦ noun
1. a part of a plant normally below ground, which acts as a support and collects water and nourishment.
a turnip, carrot, or other vegetable which grows as a root.
2. the embedded part of a bodily organ or structure such as a hair.
3. the basic cause, source, or origin: money is the root of all evil.
(roots) family, ethnic, or cultural origins as the reasons for one's emotional attachment to a place or community.
[as modifier] (roots) denoting something from a non-Western ethnic or cultural origin: roots music.
4. Linguistics a morpheme, not necessarily surviving as a word in itself, from which words have been made by the addition of prefixes or suffixes or by other modification.
5. (also root note) Music the fundamental note of a chord.
6. (in biblical use) a descendant.
7. Mathematics a number or quantity that when multiplied by itself one or more times gives a specified number or quantity.
a value of an unknown quantity satisfying a given equation.
8. Austral./NZ & Irish vulgar slang an act of sexual intercourse.
¦ verb
1. (with reference to a plant or cutting) establish or cause to establish roots.
2. establish deeply and firmly.
(be rooted in) have as a source or origin.
3. [often as adjective rooted] cause to stand immobile through fear or amazement.
4. (root someone/thing out/up) find and get rid of someone or something.
5. Austral./NZ & Irish vulgar slang have sex with.
exhaust or frustrate.
Phrases
at root fundamentally.
put down roots begin to have a settled life in a place.
root and branch (of a process or operation) thorough or radical.
take root become fixed or established.
Derivatives
rootedness noun
rootless adjective
rootlessness noun
rootlet noun
root-like adjective
rooty adjective
Origin
OE rot, from ON rot; related to wort.
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root2
¦ verb
1. (of an animal) turn up the ground with its snout in search of food.
search or rummage.
2. (root for) informal support enthusiastically.
(root someone on) N. Amer. informal cheer or urge someone on.
¦ noun an act of rooting.
Origin
OE wrotan, of Gmc origin; related to OE wrot 'snout'.
root
ORGAN OF A HIGHER PLANT THAT ANCHORS THE REST OF THE PLANT IN THE GROUND, ABSORBS WATER AND MINERAL SALTS FROM THE SOIL, AND DOES NOT BEAR LEAVES OR BUDS
Rooted; Root (botany); Tree root; Plant roots; Plant root; Shallow-rooted; Shallow rooted; Deep-rooted; Deep rooted; Peg root; Adventitious Root; Root (plant)
I
n.
1) to take root
2) to put down roots; to strike root(s)
3) deep roots
4) (mathematics) a cube; square root
5) by the roots (to pull smt. up by the roots)
6) (misc.) at the root of the matter; to go back to, search for one's roots; to get at the root of smt. ('to tackle smt. at the source'); (BE) root and branch ('wholly'); the root of all evil; her roots are in Canada; a root cause
II
v. (AE) (D; intr.) to root for ('to support') (to root for a team)
root
ORGAN OF A HIGHER PLANT THAT ANCHORS THE REST OF THE PLANT IN THE GROUND, ABSORBS WATER AND MINERAL SALTS FROM THE SOIL, AND DOES NOT BEAR LEAVES OR BUDS
Rooted; Root (botany); Tree root; Plant roots; Plant root; Shallow-rooted; Shallow rooted; Deep-rooted; Deep rooted; Peg root; Adventitious Root; Root (plant)
I. n.
1.
Bottom, base, foundation, lower part.
2.
Cause, origin, source, occasion, parent.
3.
Radical, radix, etymon, primitive word, stem.
4.
First ancestor.
II. v. n.
Take root.
III. v. a.
1.
Implant, set, fix, fasten.
2.
Establish, confirm, sink deep, plant deeply.
3.
Eradicate, tear out, exterminate, extirpate, destroy utterly, remove utterly.
4.
Dig, burrow with the snout.
Wikipedia
ROOT
ROOT is an object-oriented computer program and library developed by CERN. It was originally designed for particle physics data analysis and contains several features specific to the field, but it is also used in other applications such as astronomy and data mining. The latest minor release is 6.28, as of 2023-02-03.
Examples of use of root
1. In desperation, if threatened with starvation, I suppose that I would root, root, root for dinner.
2. Postal officials hope buyers will root, root, root for a stamp based on a 1'th–century baseball card recalling that special melody next year.
3. This is not the case. «I think that is at the root, root of the problem.
4. In the name of Harry Caray, they sang along, loudly imploring fans to "Root, root, root for the Cubbies." At that moment, with Mr.
5. "Whatgever is done diplomatically must address the root cause and the root cause is terrorist activites," Bush said.