radix

IPA: rˈædɪks

(biology) A root.
(linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.
(mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.

Examples of "radix" in Sentences

The word radical derives from radix, meaning “root”.
True radicals are much rarer -- after all, the word derives from radix, meaning root.
Berkeley, home of supposed radical thinkers (radical from the root in Latin "radix" meaning
a common footstalk or rib which proceeds immediately from the radix which is somewhat flat on two sides about the size of
'The Sulphate of Zinc' is valuable as an excitant to wounds, and promotes adhesion between divided surfaces and the 'radix'.
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 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.
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
STANDARD FORM A numeral in standard power-of-10 notation is written as follows: m: n Â 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.