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radix

[ rey-diks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural rad·i·ces [rad, -, uh, -seez, rey, -d, uh, -], ra·dix·es.

Mathematics. a number taken as the base of a system of numbers, logarithms, or the like.
Anatomy, Botany. a root; radicle.

radix

/ ˈreɪdɪks /

maths any number that is the base of a number system or of a system of logarithms
10 is the radix of the decimal system
biology the root or point of origin of a part or organ
See root
linguistics a less common word for root 1

radix

/ rā′dĭks /

, Plural radices răd′ĭ-sēz′,rā′dĭ-

Biology.
The primary or beginning portion of a part or organ, as of a nerve at its origin from the brainstem or spinal cord.
Mathematics.
The base of a system of numbers, such as 2 in the binary system and 10 in the decimal system.

Origin of radix¹

1565–75; < Latin rādīx root ( race ³, radical, ramus ); akin to Greek rhíza root, rhā́dīx branch, frond; root ¹

Origin of radix¹

C16: from Latin rādīx root; compare Greek rhadix small branch, rhiza root

In addition to heading up NPI, he also publishes a journal, Radix, and oversees a small publishing house.

It was in English 25 that I first came across the line Radix malorum est cupiditas.

The root is quite the same as that of the officinal Radix senegæ.

The same radix yataʼ occurs also in the Iroquois name for the opossum, which is a burrowing animal.

Yet there is a rather marked tendency of radix to approach the characters of marciana in southwestern Kansas.

Many modifications of the word by prefixes, to its radix Edo, appear among the cognate dialects.

For an excipient in manipulating a pill mass which do you prefer—the magnesia carbonate or the pulverised glycerrhiza radix?

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[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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