radices

n. number used as the base for a numerical system; source, origin (Mathematics)

Noun
1. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"
(synonym) base
(hypernym) number
(classification) numeration system, number system, number representation system, system of numeration

n. radix

(pl. )
of Radix
  

<mathematics> (Or "base", "number base") In a positional representation of numbers, that integer by which the significance of one digit place must be multiplied to give the significance of the next higher digit place. Conventional decimal numbers are radix ten, binary numbers are radix two.
(1995-12-24)