radix

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ra=dix

CIDE DICTIONARY

radix, n. [L. radix, -icis, root. See Radish.].

•  A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  Hutton.  [1913 Webster]
•  The root of a plant.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

radix, n. (pl. radices)
1 Math. a number or symbol used as the basis of a numeration scale (e.g. ten in the decimal system).
2 (usu. foll. by of) a source or origin.

Etymology

L, = root

THESAURUS

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