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3 definitions found 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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