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noun (n)

• (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place(noun.quantity)

  Example:
  10 is the radix of the decimal system.
  

  Synonym:
  base
  

  source: wordnet30
• A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon.(noun)

  source: webster1913