radix

noun

ra·​dix ˈrā-diks 

plural radices ˈrā-də-ˌsēz 

ˈra-

or radixes ˈrā-dik-səz 

1

: the base of a number system or of logarithms

2

: the primary source

Examples of radix in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead he might have been remembered as another god or angel among many, who came down for a while to heal some bodies, heal some souls, who tried in vain to teach us how to get back to the radix of our lives, then left again. —Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025

Alicia Silverstone and Kate Winslet also have children with this same name. Raddix: Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden named their firstborn Raddix, which comes from the Latin word radix meaning ‘root’. —Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 29 July 2024

Radical’ comes from the Latin word radix, for root, and that’s exactly what this is: change at the root. —Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022

Word History

Etymology

Latin, root — more at root

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for radix

• maddox
• paddocks

Medical Definition

radix

noun

ra·​dix ˈrād-iks 

plural radices ˈrād-ə-ˌsēz  ˈrad-  or radixes ˈrād-ik-səz 

: the base or root of something (as a plant or a cranial or spinal nerve)