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radicals radicals definition

radicals


 
  Grep  of  noun  radical 
  acetyl  radical 
  alcohol  radical 
  aldehyde  radical 
  alkyl  radical 
  allyl  radical 
  azido  radical 
  azo  radical 
  benzoyl  radical 
  benzyl  radical 
  cacodyl  radical 
  cyanide  radical 
  cyano  radical 
  ethanoyl  radical 
  ethyl  radical 
  free  radical 
  hydrazo  radical 
  hydroxyl  radical 
  methyl  radical 
  methylene  radical 
  modified  radical  mastectomy 
  propyl  radical 
  radical 
  radical  hysterectomy 
  radical  mastectomy 
  radical  sign 
  radicalism 
  uranyl  radical 
  vinyl  radical 
 
  Overview  of  noun  radical 
 
  The  noun  radical  has  6  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  group  radical,  chemical  group  --  ((chemistry)  two  or  more  atoms  bound  together  as  a  single  unit  and  forming  part  of  a  molecule) 
  2.  (3)  free  radical,  radical  --  (an  atom  or  group  of  atoms  with  at  least  one  unpaired  electron;  in  the  body  it  is  usually  an  oxygen  molecule  than  has  lost  an  electron  and  will  stabilize  itself  by  stealing  an  electron  from  a  nearby  molecule;  "in  the  body  free  radicals  are  high-energy  particles  that  ricochet  wildly  and  damage  cells") 
  3.  (1)  radical  --  (a  person  who  has  radical  ideas  or  opinions) 
  4.  radical  --  (a  character  conveying  the  lexical  meaning  of  a  logogram) 
  5.  radical,  radical  sign  --  (a  sign  placed  in  front  of  an  expression  to  denote  that  a  root  is  to  be  extracted) 
  6.  root,  root  word  base,  stem,  theme,  radical  --  ((linguistics)  the  form  of  a  word  after  all  affixes  are  removed;  "thematic  vowels  are  part  of  the  stem") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  radical 
 
  The  noun  radical  has  6  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  group  radical,  chemical  group  --  ((chemistry)  two  or  more  atoms  bound  together  as  a  single  unit  and  forming  part  of  a  molecule) 
  2.  (3)  free  radical,  radical  --  (an  atom  or  group  of  atoms  with  at  least  one  unpaired  electron;  in  the  body  it  is  usually  an  oxygen  molecule  than  has  lost  an  electron  and  will  stabilize  itself  by  stealing  an  electron  from  a  nearby  molecule;  "in  the  body  free  radicals  are  high-energy  particles  that  ricochet  wildly  and  damage  cells") 
  3.  (1)  radical  --  (a  person  who  has  radical  ideas  or  opinions) 
  4.  radical  --  (a  character  conveying  the  lexical  meaning  of  a  logogram) 
  5.  radical,  radical  sign  --  (a  sign  placed  in  front  of  an  expression  to  denote  that  a  root  is  to  be  extracted) 
  6.  root,  root  word  base,  stem,  theme,  radical  --  ((linguistics)  the  form  of  a  word  after  all  affixes  are  removed;  "thematic  vowels  are  part  of  the  stem") 



radicals definition