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radices

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Radix  \Ra"dix\,  n.;  pl  {Radices},  E.  {Radixes}.  [L.  radix, 
  -icis,  root.  See  {Radish}.] 
  1.  (Philol.)  A  primitive,  from  which  spring  other  words  a 
  radical;  a  root;  an  etymon. 
 
  2.  (Math.) 
  a  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. 
  b  (Alg.)  A  finite  expression,  from  which  a  series  is 
  derived.  [R.]  --Hutton. 
 
  3.  (Bot.)  The  root  of  a  plant.




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