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Radix   Listen
noun
Radix  n.  (pl. L. radices, E. radixes)  
1.
(Philol.) A primitive word, 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.)
3.
(Bot.) The root of a plant.





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"Radix" Quotes from Famous Books



... vel in thesauro, crederet quod Deus auferret ei aliud quod est in terra. De istis hominibus vidi personas multum deformes. [Sidenote: Tangut homines magni sed fusci.] Tangut vidi homines magnos sed fuscos. Iugures sunt mediocris statura sicut nostri. Apud Iugures est fons et radix ideomatis Turci et Comanici. [Sidenote: Langa et Solanga.] Post Tebet sunt Langa et Solanga, quorum nuncios vidi in curia: Qui adduxerant magnas bigas plusquam decem, quarum qualibet trahebatur sex bobus. [Sidenote: Solanisimiles Hispanis, et fusci.] Isti sunt parui homines et ...
— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries - Vol. II • Richard Hakluyt
... ducis numerum per se, qui provenit inde Sit tibi quadratus, ductus radix erit hujus, Nec numeros omnes quadratos dicere debes, Est autem omnis numerus radix alicujus. 212 Quando voles numeri radicem querere, scribi Debet; inde notes si sit locus ulterius impar, Estque figura loco talis scribenda sub ...
— The Earliest Arithmetics in English • Anonymous
... ratio and proportion does not hinder but that a tenth may now represent a guinea, and next moment represent a thousand guineas. The exact amount of the duration expressed by an aeon depends altogether upon the particular subject which yields the aeon. It is, as I have said, a radix; and, like an algebraic square-root or cube-root, though governed by the most rigorous laws of limitation, it must vary in obedience to the nature of the particular subject ...
— Theological Essays and Other Papers v1 • Thomas de Quincey


Words linked to "Radix" :   numeration system, number representation system, number, system of numeration, base


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