radix
Mathematics. a number taken as the base of a system of numbers, logarithms, or the like.
Anatomy, Botany. a root; radicle.
Origin of radix
1Words Nearby radix
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How to use radix in a sentence
In addition to heading up NPI, he also publishes a journal, radix, and oversees a small publishing house.
It was in English 25 that I first came across the line radix malorum est cupiditas.
The root is quite the same as that of the officinal radix senegæ.
The same radix yataʼ occurs also in the Iroquois name for the opossum, which is a burrowing animal.
Myths of the Cherokee | James MooneyYet there is a rather marked tendency of radix to approach the characters of marciana in southwestern Kansas.
Hybridization Between Two Species of Garter Snakes | Hobart M. Smith
Many modifications of the word by prefixes, to its radix Edo, appear among the cognate dialects.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftFor an excipient in manipulating a pill mass which do you prefer—the magnesia carbonate or the pulverised glycerrhiza radix?
Strictly Business | O. Henry
British Dictionary definitions for radix
/ (ˈreɪdɪks) /
maths any number that is the base of a number system or of a system of logarithms: 10 is the radix of the decimal system
biology the root or point of origin of a part or organ
linguistics a less common word for root 1 (def. 9)
Origin of radix
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for radix
[ rā′dĭks ]
Biology The primary or beginning portion of a part or organ, as of a nerve at its origin from the brainstem or spinal cord.
Mathematics The base of a system of numbers, such as 2 in the binary system and 10 in the decimal system.
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