radical
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: algebra
arithmetic
biology
botany
chemistry
government
human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
number-theory
organic-chemistry
phonetics
phonology
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
Etymology: PIE word
 *wréh₂ds
Inherited from Middle English radical, from Latin rādīcālis (“of or pertaining to the root, having roots, radical”). Compare grassroots.
Inflected forms:
form: more radical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most radical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: radicals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the root of a plant.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Produced using the root of the tongue.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
pos: adj
examples: a radical quantity; a radical sign
gloss: Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
pos: adj
examples: The most determined exertions of that authority, against them, only showed their radical independence.
gloss: Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
pos: adj
examples: His beliefs are radical.
gloss: Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
pos: adj
examples: The spread of the cancer required radical surgery, and the entire organ was removed.
Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.
gloss: Involving free radicals.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Excellent; awesome.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: That was a radical jump!
gloss: A root (of a number or quantity).
pos: noun
gloss: In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character used to index it. Often, but not always, this is also the portion indicating meaning; compare the following sense.
pos: noun
gloss: In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character used to index it. Often, but not always, this is also the portion indicating meaning; compare the following sense.
pos: noun
tags: common
proscribed
examples: The boy recognised the Chinese characters, though the calligraphy looked a bit strange, as if drawn by someone who had seen them and copied them out radical by radical without knowing what they meant.
gloss: In Celtic languages, the basic, underlying form of an initial consonant which can be further mutated under the Celtic initial consonant mutations.
pos: noun
gloss: In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
pos: noun
gloss: A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
pos: noun
gloss: A free radical.
pos: noun
gloss: Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or √, 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.
pos: noun
gloss: Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
pos: noun
gloss: The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
pos: noun
gloss: The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.
pos: noun
gloss: A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A person with radical opinions.
pos: noun
Synonyms: Jacobin
Jacobinic
Jacobinical
Antonyms: derivative
derived
Related words: radix
root
nilradical
Derived words: antiradical
biradical
counterradical
nonradical
tetraradical
ultraradical
deradical
dudical
equiradical
extraradical
hyperradical
intraradical
multiradical
postradical
radical anion
radical axis
radical cation
radical center
radical centrism
radical centrist
radical chic
radical empiricism
radical empiricist
radical feminism
radical feminist
radical hysterectomy
radical ion
radicalise
radicalish
radical Islam
radicalism
radicalistic
radicality
radicalization
radicalize
radical line
radically
radical mastectomy
radicalness
radical plane
radical pluralism
radical prostatectomy
radical reform
radical right
radical vinegar
radicool
semiradical
unradical
aminoxyl radical
aminyl radical
Artinian radical
Baer radical
Bring radical
Brown–McCoy radical
coradical
diradical
free radical
heteroradical
Jacobson radical
Kangxi radical
Köthe radical
Levitzki radical
lower radical
lower radical operator
macroradical
metalloradical
oxyradical
polyradical
preradical
pseudoradical
radical class
radical ideal
radical sign
singular radical
strong radical
triradical
upper nil radical
Translations:
lang: Italian
word: radicale