radix

n : (in a digital numeration system) the positive integer that

is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place;

"10 is the radix of the decimal system" [syn: {base}]

radix

(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)