ко́рень — 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.

Senses

ко́рень is used for these senses in English:

• radical (arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).
• radical (linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
• radix (linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.
• 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.

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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