RADIX

Radix

In mathematical numeral systems, the radix or base is the number of unique digits, including zero, that a positional numeral system uses to represent numbers. For example, for the decimal system the radix is ten, because it uses the ten digits from 0 through 9.

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radix

Noun

  1. A primitive word, from which other words spring.
  2. A root
  3. The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as 10 for decimal.


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