radical
B2 noun
/ˈɹadɪkəl/
- Word forms
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Meanings and translation
The translation of this word is being prepared.
- 1. arithmetic: root (of a number or quantity)
- 2.1. linguistics: portion of a character that provides an indication of its meaning
- 4. linguistics: any one of the set of consonants that make up a root
- 5. chemistry: group of atoms that take part in reactions as a single unit
- 6. organic chemistry: free radical
- 11. historical: 19th-century England