 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
radix
noun: (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}]
[also: {radices} (pl)]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Radix \Ra"dix\ (r[=a]"d[i^]ks), noun; pl. L. {Radices}
(r[a^]d"[i^]*s[=e]z), E. {Radixes} (r[=a]"d[i^]ks*[e^]z). [L.
radix, -icis, root. See {Radish}.]
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.] --Hutton.
3. (Bot.) The root of a plant.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "radix":
beginning, bulb, bulbil, commencement, conception, corm,
derivation, genesis, grass roots, head, inception, origin,
original, origination, provenience, radical, radicle, rhizome,
rise, root, rootstock, source, stem, stock, tap, taproot, tuber,
tubercle
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
radix
(Or "base", "number base") In a positional
representation of numbers, that integer by which the
significance of one digit place must be multiplied to give the
significance of the next higher digit place. Conventional
decimal numbers are radix ten, {binary} numbers are radix two.
(1995-12-24)
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