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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
radix
n : (in a digital numeration system) the positive integer that
is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
"10 is the radix of the decimal system" [syn: {base}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
radix
(Or "base", "number base") In a positional
representation of numbers, that integer by which the
significance of one digit place must be multiplied to give the
significance of the next higher digit place Conventional
decimal numbers are radix ten {binary} numbers are radix two
(1995-12-24)
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