noun
Meaning 1
A root.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
radix
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɹeɪ.dɪks/
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rhymes with -eɪdɪks
noun
Meaning 2
The primitive root word or morpheme from which later versions derive; the etymon
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 10 is the radix of the decimal system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: base
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: number
History
Etymology
PIE word *wréh2ds Learned borrowing from Latin rādīx (“a root”). Doublet of radish.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: корен (koren) — linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
- Finnish: kantasana — linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
- French: racine — linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
- German: Stammwort — linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
- Japanese: 原語 (gengo) — linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
- Polish: podstawa — linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
- Portuguese: raiz — linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
- Romanian: rădăcină — linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
- Russian: ко́рень (kórenʹ) — linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
- Russian: осно́ва (osnóva) — linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
- Turkish: kök — linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
- Assamese: ভেঁটি (bhẽti) — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Bengali: নিধান (nidhan) — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Chinese Mandarin: 基数 (jīshù) — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Dutch: grondtal — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Esperanto: bazo — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Finnish: kanta — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Finnish: kantaluku — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- French: base — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- German: Basis — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Irish: bunuimhir — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Japanese: 基数 (kisū) — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Japanese: 底 (tē) — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Japanese: 進法 (shinhō) — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Kannada: ಪದ್ಧತಿ (paddhati) — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Kazakh: санау жүйесінің негізі (sanau jüiesınıñ negızı) — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Khmer: ប្រព័ន្ធគោល (prɑɑpŏənthɔɔkool) — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Korean: 밑 (mit) — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Latin: rādīx — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Manx: bun-earroo — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Norwegian Bokmål: grunntall — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Norwegian Nynorsk: grunntal — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Persian: مبنا — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Polish: podstawa — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Portuguese: base — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Romanian: bază — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Romanian: bază de numerație — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Spanish: base — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Tamil: வேரெண் (vēreṇ) — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Turkish: baz — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Turkish: taban — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Turkish: temel — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Vietnamese: cơ số — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
- Welsh: rhif sylfaenol — mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers