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noun

Radix n. (pl. L. radices, E. radixes)

(Philol.) A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon.

(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.)

(Bot.) The root of a plant.

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Etymology of 'Radix'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Radix" Quotes from Famous Books

... In Latin, Radix, "the growing thing," which shortens, in French, into Race, and then they put on the diminutive 'ine,' and get their two words, Race, and Racine, of which we keep Race for animals, and use for vegetables a word of our own Saxon (and Dutch) dialect,—'root'; (connected ...

— Proserpina, Volume 1 - Studies Of Wayside Flowers • John Ruskin

... from his pocket a paper packet and laid it upon the table. On the outside was written "Radix pedis diaboli" with a red poison label beneath it. He pushed it towards me. "I understand that you are a doctor, sir. Have you ever heard ...

— The Adventure of the Devil's Foot • Arthur Conan Doyle

... done them in ignorance, in the earlier period when he mocked and jeered at the true knowledge of the Christians." Exactly the same in Tertull. de pudic. so. init. The statement of this same writer (1. c. fin), "Cessatio delicti radix est veniae, ut venia sit paenitentiae fructus", is a pregnant expression of the conviction ...

— History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) • Adolph Harnack

... Colocynthis Phosphorus Antimonium crudum Cuprum metallicum Pulsatilla Antimonium tartaricum Gelsemium Rhus toxicodendron Apis Hepar Sulphuricum Sanguinaria Arnica radix Hyoscyamus Sepia Arsenicum Ipecacuanha Silicea Belladonna Lycopodium Spigelia Bryonia Mercurius Spongia Chamomilla Natrum muriaticum Sulphur China Nux Vomica Veratrum album Cina Opium ...

— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... She had to stay in bed for three or four days. She then took burning vaginal injections with some ipecac in them. No effect except making her feel raw so that she needed large amounts of cold cream. She then took secale cornutum and radix gossypii. No effect except giving her a headache, making her sick to her stomach and completely destroying her appetite, so that within a very short time she lost nearly ten pounds. She was then told that long walks might ...

— Woman - Her Sex and Love Life • William J. Robinson