Hypertext Webster Gateway: "radix"
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) 1.7 (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}]
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