Root (disambiguation)

A root is the part of a plant that is below ground.

Root or roots may also refer to:

Mathematics

• The nth root of a number
• Root of a function, properly called zero of a function, a value of the argument for which the function value is zero
• Root of a polynomial, a value of the variable for which the polynomial is zero
• Elements of a root system of vectors
• A root of unity, a complex number which is an nth root of one
• One designated vertex of a rooted tree in graph theory

People

• Root (surname), a family name
• Roots Manuva (born 1972), British rapper

Places

Switzerland

• Root, Switzerland, a municipality in the district of Lucerne

United States

• Roots, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Henrietta Township, Jackson County
• Root, New York, a town in Montgomery County
• Root River (Minnesota)
• Root River (Wisconsin)

Art, entertainment, and media

Roots franchise

• Roots: The Saga of an American Family, a 1976 novel by Alex Haley about slavery in the United States.
  • Roots (1977 miniseries), a 1977 miniseries based upon the novel
  • Roots: The Next Generations, a 1979 sequel miniseries also based upon the novel
  • Roots: The Gift, a 1988 television film covering events that take place between the second and third episodes of the original miniseries
  • Roots (2016 miniseries), a remake of the 1977 miniseries

Anime

• .hack//Roots, a 2006 anime series created by Bee Train

Fictional entities

• Root (organization), an organization in the world of the anime and manga series Naruto
• The Roots, a location in the video game Kya: Dark Lineage

Film

• Roots (film), a 1955 Mexican film directed by Benito Alazraki

Literature and stage plays

• Roots (play), a work by Arnold Wesker

Music

• Root (chord), the fundamental note of a chord
• Roots music (disambiguation)

Groups

• Root (band), a Czech metal band
• Root!, an Australian alt-country band
• The Roots, a hip-hop group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Albums

• Roots (Idrees Sulieman album), released in 1958
• Roots (The Everly Brothers album), released in 1968
• Roots (Curtis Mayfield album), 1971
• Roots: John Lennon Sings The Great Rock & Roll Hits, released in 1975
• Roots (Slide Hampton album), released in 1985
• Roots (Sepultura album), released in 1996
• Roots (Cedar Walton album), released in 1997
• Root (album), a 1999 album by Thurston Moore
• Roots (Blue Mountain album), released in 2001
• Roots (Shawn McDonald album), released in 2008
• R.O.O.T.S., a 2009 album by Flo Rida
• Roots (Johnny Winter album), 2011
• Roots (Orla Gartland album), 2013

Songs

• "Root", a song by Deftones on the album Adrenaline (1995)
• "The Root", a song by D'Angelo, on the album Voodoo (2000)
• "Roots" (song), by the band Spunge on their album The Story So Far (2002)
• "Roots", a song on the Show of Hands album Witness (2006)
• "Roots" (Imagine Dragons song), a song by the band Imagine Dragons
• "Roots", a 2016 song by the band Parmalee

Periodicals

• The Root (magazine), an Internet-based magazine focusing on African-American culture

Television

• "Roots" (Haven), an episode of the television series Haven
• Root Sports, a sports television network in the United States
• "Root", code name of a fictional hacker in the TV series Person of Interest

Businesses

• Root (company) a Japanese company that develops visual novels
• Roots Canada, a Canadian clothing brand with stores worldwide
• Roots School System, a Pakistani private education system

Computing

• /root, the Unix superuser's home directory in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
• ROOT, an object-oriented multipurpose data analysis package
• root, a name for the superuser account in some operating systems
• Root directory, the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy
• Root node, the node in a tree data structure from which every other node is accessible
• ROOTS (software), a series of genealogy programs

Parts of objects

• root of a mountain (in orogeny)
• Root of the hair
• Root of penis, the bottom part of the penis
• Root, the bottom part of a tooth
• Wing root, the part of the wing on a fixed-wing aircraft that is closest to the fuselage

Other uses

• Root (Chinese constellation)
• Root (linguistics), the core form of a word
• Roots, one's cultural heritage
• Root, a slang term meaning to have sexual intercourse, used primarily in Australia and New Zealand

See also

• Rootes (disambiguation)
• Rooting (disambiguation)
• Rut (disambiguation)