root
Wurzel (from Old High German wurzala 'Krautstock, Wurzel') stands for:
- Root (plant) , mostly part of plants located in the ground
- Root vegetables , various vegetables in the kitchen language
- Carrot , especially this vegetable
- Hair root , area of formation of the hair
- Nerve root , nerve fiber bundle emerging from the spinal cord
- Tooth root , process of the tooth
- Root (mathematics) , inverse function to exponentiate
- Square root , specifically the root of the base 2
- Root (graph theory) , topmost data node in a (root) tree
- Zero of a polynomial in algebra
- a part in the root system in algebra and representation theory
- Descent , familial or ethnographic origin (especially in the plural form roots )
- Root (linguistics) , the core of a word
- Root zone , mountain root and ceiling root , thickening of the earth's crust under large rock bodies
- Root (welding technique) , the underside of a weld
Root mean:
People:
- Gabriele Wurzel (* 1948), German lawyer, administrative officer and politician (CDU)
- Paul Wurzel (1877–1936), Bavarian politician (SPD)
- Steffen Wurzel (* 1979), German radio journalist
such as:
- Wurzel (comic) , comic strip about a dog of the Basset breed
- Die Wurzel , magazine for mathematics
See also:
Wiktionary: root - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- High root
- Wurtzel
- The Wurzels (British band)
