radix
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radices,
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radixes
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Mathematics. a number taken as the base of a system of numbers, logarithms, or the like.
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Anatomy, Botany. a root; radicle.
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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
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biology the root or point of origin of a part or organ
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linguistics a less common word for root 1
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radices
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Biology The primary or beginning portion of a part or organ, as of a nerve at its origin from the brainstem or spinal cord.
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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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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of radix
1565–75; < Latin rādīx root ( cf. race 3, radical, ramus); akin to Greek rhíza root, rhā́dīx branch, frond; see root 1
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Two products - a galangal powder common in Asian cuisine and a radix aconiti kusnezoffii powder traditionally used in Chinese medicine - have been pulled off retail shelves.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2022
“Radical” comes from the Latin radix, or “root.”
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2018
Radish also comes from radix - though its route into English is uncertain.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2015
And it is only by dissecting such compounds that the radix can be attained.
From Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
It was a startling step; radix malorum we may call it, so far as the later development of the continental situation is concerned.
From Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History
Lond, skip, flaska, sumar, hamar, ketill, dal, are clearly the radices respectively of land, ship, flask, summer, hammer, kettle, dale.
From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The eldest child very dirty; the second, glands; the third, knock-kneed, pigeon chest; very feeble, enlarged radices.
From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I took pleasure in finding out the roots or radixes of words, and from time to time I added foreign dictionaries to my little library.
From Men of Invention and Industry by Samuel Smiles
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