Meaning of radical

Radical

Uncommon

noun

•

A

of the most

of the

; someone

social

(but

).

•

A

,

political party

social

, a

, and

.

•

A person with

.

•

In Arithmetic:

A

(of a number or

).

•

In Linguistics:

In

writing systems

such as the

, the

of a

(if any) that

an

of its

,

.

•

In Linguistics:

In

, any one of the set of

(typically three) that

a

.

•

In Chemistry:

A group of

,

by

, that

in

as a

.

•

In Organic chemistry:

A

.

•

In Algebra:

an

I in a

commutative ring

, another

,

ad(I) or \sqrt{I},

an

∈

is in

ad(I) if, for some

,

ⁿ ∈ I;

, the

I.

•

In Algebra:

, an

of

that

a

, in some

, "not good".

•

In Algebra:

The

of

of a

.

•

In Number theory:

The product of the

of a

.

adj

•

change, or change at the

of

.

•

In Botany:

to a

(of a

).

•

to the

or

of something.

•

;

.

•

In Lexicography:

Of or

to the

of a

.

•

In Phonetics & Phonology:

using the

of the

.

•

In Chemistry:

.

•

In Mathematics:

to a

or

.

•

;

.

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Opposite

Lineage

radical

English

radical

French

radicalis

Latin

radix

Latin

ῥάδιξ

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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