Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Biology A root or point of origin.
- noun Mathematics The base of a system of numbers, such as 2 in the binary system and 10 in the decimal system.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In astrology, the original figure of birth, the source of all judgments and predictions.
- noun The root of a plant: used chiefly with reference to the roots of medicinal plants or preparations from them.
- noun Hence The primary source or origin; that from which anything springs, or in which it originates.
- noun In etymology, a. primitive word or form from which spring other words; a radical; a root.
- noun In mathematics, a root.
- noun In zoöl, and anatomy, a root; a rooted or rootlike part; a radicle: as, the radix or root of a tooth; the radix of a nerve.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Philol.) A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon.
- noun rare, rare A number or quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any system; a base. .
- noun (Alg.), rare A finite expression, from which a series is derived.
- noun (Bot.) The root of a plant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A primitive word, from which other words spring.
- noun biology A
root - noun mathematics The number of
distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particularbase , as 10 fordecimal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Berkeley, home of supposed radical thinkers (radical from the root in Latin "radix" meaning
East Bay Express editor@eastbayexpress.com 2010
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Berkeley, home of supposed radical thinkers (radical from the root in Latin "radix" meaning
East Bay Express editor@eastbayexpress.com 2010
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STANDARD FORM A numeral in standard power-of-10 notation is written as follows: m: n  10z where the dot (.) is a period, written on the base line (not a raised dot indicating multiplication), and is called the radix point or decimal point.
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True radicals are much rarer -- after all, the word derives from radix, meaning root.
A thoughtful post (as usual) ... Frank Wilson 2006
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The word radical derives from radix, meaning “root”.
New policy for anti-feminist, men’s rights, and right-wing posters 2005
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a fiew feet from an inundated Soil tho within it's limits it grows very closely. in short almost as much so as the bulbs will permit. the radix is a tumicated bulb, much the consistence Shape and appearance of the
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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The twenty is evidently a ligature of two tens, and this in turn suggested a kind of radix, so that ninety was probably written in a way reminding one of the quatre-vingt-dix of the French.
The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902
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'The Sulphate of Zinc' is valuable as an excitant to wounds, and promotes adhesion between divided surfaces and the 'radix'.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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The large fern, rise to the hight of 3 or 4 feet, the Stem is a Common footstalk or rib which proceeds imediately from the radix which is
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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a common footstalk or rib which proceeds immediately from the radix which is somewhat flat on two sides about the size of
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904
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