1525

Descartes

“Roots” (or “radicals”) are the “opposite” operation of applying exponents; we can “undo” a power with a radical, and we can “undo” a radical with a power. For instance, if we square 2, we get 4, and if we “take the square root of 4”, we get 2; if we square 3, we get 9, and if we “take the square root of 9”, we get 3.

Radical was first an adjective, borrowed in the 14th century from the Late Latin radicalis, itself from Latin radic-, radix, meaning “root.” And the earliest uses of radical are indeed all about literal roots, hinging on the meaning “of, relating to, or proceeding from a root.”

1 Answer. “Radical” comes from Latin “radicalis”, having roots, an equivalent “radix” was also commonly used earlier. While Rudolff did use the radix in 1525 his did not have the overbar on top, now called vinculum, Latin for bond. That innovation was added by Descartes in La Geometrie (1637).

The word, “radical”, comes from the Latin word, “radix”, which means “root”. “Radix” is also Latin for “radish”, which is a root vegetable. So, “radical 3” is just another way of saying “the square root of 3”.

SYNONYMS FOR radical 1 basic, essential; original, innate, ingrained. 2 complete, unqualified, thorough; drastic, excessive, immoderate, violent.

Radical sentence example

1. Since 1870 there have been five radical changes made in New South Wales.
2. History is full of radical breaks with the past that only seem to have come out of nowhere but were, in fact, predictable.
3. They imply a lively sense of radical human need.

Opposite of favoring fundamental, usually extreme, change in political or social conditions. conservative. reactionary. traditional. conventional.

: marked by thoroughness or zeal : thorough, complete thoroughgoing changes a thoroughgoing traditionalist.

A radical, or root, is the mathematical opposite of an exponent, in the same sense that addition is the opposite of subtraction.

: not having (something usual or expected) : completely without (something) He is devoid of (any) ambition.

adjective. not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually followed by of).

Void – An empty space or hole (noun). To cancel something (verb). Devoid – Completely lacking, destitue, or empty (adjective).

adjective. (of a person) prone to casual change; inconstant.

People who are fickle change their minds so much you can’t rely on them. If your best friend suddenly decides that she doesn’t like you one week, and then the next week she wants to hang out again, she’s being fickle. Fickle comes from the Old English word ficol, for deceitful.

1. 7 musts when dealing with a fickle friend.
2. #1 Be careful what you say.
3. #2 Don’t depend on them.
4. #3 Don’t take it personally.
5. #4 Stop reaching out to them.
6. #5 Be fickle back.
7. #6 Just ignore it.
8. #7 Cut them loose.

Some common synonyms of capricious are fickle, inconstant, mercurial, and unstable.

A turncoat is a person who shifts allegiance from one loyalty or ideal to another, betraying or deserting an original cause by switching to the opposing side or party.

Movers and shakers – People of energetic demeanour, who initiate change and influence events. For an adjectival form, it’s common to say they’re influential people (people of influence).

A Flip-flopper (U-turn in the UK) is used to describe someone who frequently changes their opinions. It’s often used to describe politicians who change their stances to go with the current popular sentiment. Someone who wavers on their opinions and can’t make up their mind is said to be vacillating or indecisive.

Loading when this answer was accepted… A gobbler is a common way to describe a person who eats too quickly. Trencherman is uncommon but might to fit the bill, though its connotation is more one of quantity than speed. A binger is someone who eats rapidly and excessively.

If you’re reticent about your feelings, you like to keep them to yourself, and you’re probably quiet in rowdy groups where everyone is talking over each other. The original meaning of reticent describes someone who doesn’t like to talk.

synonyms: aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, unceasing, unending lasting, permanent. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place. adjective.

The fear of change or changing things is called Metathesiophobia. The origin of the word Metathesiophobia comes from Greek ‘meta’ meaning change and phobos meaning fear. This specific phobia can reduce one’s will to live; Metathesiophobes often feel that they have no control over their lives owing to constant changes.

People fear change because they lose control over their role. The larger the change, the more they are going to feel like the change is being done to them. No one likes feeling powerless. During change, information is power.

Becoming frustrated, upset, or angry when things don’t go the way you want them to is a common anxiety disorder trait. It’s often referred to in research as “cognitive inflexibility”–an inability to adjust to changes in your environment or changes in your personal goals.

In 1637 Descartes was the first to unite the German radical sign √ with the vinculum to create the radical symbol in common use today.

The word radical derives from the Latin radix (“root”) and Late Latin rādīcālis (“of or pertaining to the root, radical”). Historically, political use of the term referred exclusively to a form of progressive electoral reformism, known as Radicalism, that had developed in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries.

“A radical is a root of a number. The word, “radical”, comes from the Latin word, “radix”, which means “root”. “Radix” is also Latin for “radish”, which is a root vegetable. So, “radical 3” is just another way of saying “the square root of 3”.

Radical, also called Free Radical, in chemistry, molecule that contains at least one unpaired electron. Most molecules contain even numbers of electrons, and the covalent chemical bonds holding the atoms together within a molecule normally consist of pairs of electrons jointly shared by the atoms linked by the bond.

of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference. thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms: a radical change in the policy of a company. favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms: radical ideas; radical and anarchistic ideologues.

radical adjective (SUPPORTING CHANGE) believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or political change: He was known as a radical reformer/thinker/politician. These people have very radical views. More examples.

In the business administration context, radical decision is about making a fundamental change in the business model, which requires changes in company strategy, structure and culture.

A Chinese radical (Chinese: 部首; pinyin: bùshǒu; lit. ‘section header’) or indexing component is a graphical component of a Chinese character under which the character is traditionally listed in a Chinese dictionary.

Radical 157 or radical foot (足部) meaning “foot” is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes. In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 580 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

The system of 214 Kangxi radicals is based on the older system of 540 radicals used in the Han-era Shuowen Jiezi. Since 2009, the PRC government has promoted a 201-radical system (Table of Han Character Radicals, 汉字部首表) as a national standard for Simplified Chinese (see list of Xinhua Zidian radicals).

A semantic radical is a categorical unit of meaning that can be used to index the character in a Chinese dictionary, and the phonetic radical usually provides the phonological clue for character pronunciation. In most cases, these radicals can also be classified as characters when they are isolated.

A system of symbols Chinese characters are the system of symbols used to write Chinese. Unlike an alphabet, which represents only sounds, each Chinese character has a unique meaning.

Noun. Kangxi radical (plural Kangxi radicals) Any of a set of 214 radicals (the portion of a Chinese character that provides an indication of its meaning) introduced in the Zihui and named after the more popular Kangxi Dictionary. This set of radicals has become the standard for sorting and ordering Chinese characters.

Pinyin romanization, also spelled Pin-yin, also called Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, Chinese (Pinyin) Hanyu pinyin wenzi (“Chinese-language combining-sounds alphabet”), system of romanization for the Chinese written language based on the pronunciation of the Beijing dialect of Mandarin Chinese.

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Japanese Writing Scripts Modern Japanese is written in a mixture of three basic scripts: Kanji — which are Chinese ideographic symbols — as well as Hiragana and Katakana — two phonetic alphabets (syllables). Some Chinese characters began to be used not for their meaning, but purely for their phonetic value.

The Japanese alphabet consists of 99 sounds formed with 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, and u) and 14 consonants (k, s, t, h, m, y, r, w, g, z, d, b, p, and n), as is shown in the hiragana chart. , for instance, the last letter is not pronounced “u” but as a long “o.”

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