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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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