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radical noun

  /ˈɹædɪkəl/
  • (historical, early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
  • A person with radical opinions.
  • (linguistics) In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
  • (linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
  • (chemistry) A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
  • (organic chemistry) A free radical.
  • (algebra, commutative algebra, ring theory, of an ideal) Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or \sqrt{I}, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xn ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
  • (algebra, ring theory, of a ring) Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
  • (algebra, ring theory, of a module) The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
  • (number theory) The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.
radicale
  • (arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).
radice

radical adjective

  /ˈɹædɪkəl/
  • Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
  • (botany, not comparable) Pertaining to a root (of a plant).
  • Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
  • (lexicography, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
radicale
  • (math) Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
irrazionale
  • (chemistry, not comparable) Involving free radicals.
radicalico

radicalism noun

  /ˈradɪkəlɪz(ə)m/
radicalismo

radically adverb

  • In a radical manner; fundamentally; very.
radicalmente

radicalization noun

  • the process of radicalizing
radicalizzazione

radicate verb

  • (transitive, rare) To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly.
radicare

Radical

radicale

radicalize verb

  • (intransitive) To become radical; to adopt a radical political stance.
radicalizzare

radix noun

  /ɹeɪ.dɪks/
  • (mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.
base
  • (linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.
radice
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