Wurzel — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
Wurzel is used for these senses in English:
- radical (math) Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
- radical (arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).
- root The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- root The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- root The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- root (figurative) The primary source; origin.
- root (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- root (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
radical — full definition
- adjective Favoring extreme, fundamental change, especially in politics or society.
- adjective Thorough and far-reaching; affecting the most basic or essential part of something.
- noun A person who holds extreme or fundamentally reforming political views.
- noun In chemistry, a group of atoms that behaves as a single unit in reactions (often short for "free radical").
root — full definition
- noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.
- noun The origin, source, or underlying cause of something.
- noun In mathematics, a value which, raised to a given power, produces a specified number (most commonly the square root).
- verb To become firmly fixed or established.
- verb To cheer for or support someone, hoping for their success. (usually "root for")