корен — meaning in English

English meaning

• radical adjective Favoring extreme, fundamental change, especially in politics or society.
• radix noun The primitive root word or morpheme from which later versions derive; the etymon
• root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.
• stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.

Senses

корен is used for these senses in English:

• radix (linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.
• root The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
• stem A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.

radical — full definition

1. adjective Favoring extreme, fundamental change, especially in politics or society.
2. adjective Thorough and far-reaching; affecting the most basic or essential part of something.
3. noun A person who holds extreme or fundamentally reforming political views.
4. noun In chemistry, a group of atoms that behaves as a single unit in reactions (often short for "free radical").

radix — full definition

1. noun The primitive root word or morpheme from which later versions derive; the etymon
2. noun The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.

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