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radix
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun radix has 1 sense
- radix(n = noun.quantity) base - (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" is a kind of number
CIDE DICTIONARY
radix, n. [L. radix, -icis, root. See Radish.].
- A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon. [1913 Webster]
- A number or quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any system; a base. Thus, 10 is the radix, or base, of the common system of logarithms, and also of the decimal system of numeration. Hutton. [1913 Webster]
- The root of a plant. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
radix, n. (pl. radices)
1 Math. a number or symbol used as the basis of a numeration scale (e.g. ten in the decimal system).
2 (usu. foll. by of) a source or origin.
1 Math. a number or symbol used as the basis of a numeration scale (e.g. ten in the decimal system).
2 (usu. foll. by of) a source or origin.
Etymology
L, = root
THESAURUS
radix
beginning, bulb, bulbil, commencement, conception, corm, derivation, genesis, grass roots, head, inception, origin, original, origination, provenience, radical, radicle, rhizome, rise, root, rootstock, source, stem, stock, tap, taproot, tuber, tubercle
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