English Dictionary: Radix | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Radix | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
radix 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) |