radical sign in English

noun
1
the sign √, which indicates the square root of the number following (or a higher root indicated by a preceding superscript numeral).

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1. So you end up with minus 20 under the radical sign.

2. And the radical sign doesn't just have to apply to a square root.

3. But if you just write a radical sign, you're actually referring to the positive square root, or the principal square root.