Radix
WordNet
noun
(1) (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
"10 is the radix of the decimal system"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A primitive word, from which other words spring.
- A root
- The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as 10 for decimal.
Noun
- A root (of a plant).
- A radish.
- The lower part of an object; root.
- A foundation, basis, ground, origin, source, root.
Inflection
Note that the genitive plural rādīcum has the alternative form rādicium.
Descendants
- English:
- Galician:
- Italian: radice
- Spanish: