Meaning of radical | Babel Free

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1. A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
   historical
2. Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter
3. A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
   historical
4. A group of atoms forming part of many molecules. They are very reactive as they have an incomplete electron structure.
5. Pertaining to a root
6. A person with radical opinions.
7. One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures:extremist, fanatic, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultra, zealot.
8. Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something
9. A root (of a number or quantity).
10. a person who wants radical political changes. radikalis شَخْص راديكالي: مُتَطَرِّف радикал radical radikál der/die Radikale ekstremist ριζοσπάστηςradical radikaal فراطی؛ تندرو vallankumouksellinen radical/-ale רָדִיקָל आमूल परिवर्तनवादी व्यक्ति radikalist radikális (politikus) orang radikal róttæklingur radicale 急進派 급진주의자 radikalas radikālis golongan radikal radicaalradikal, venstreorientert person radykał دراډيكال ګوندغړى radical radical(ist) радикал radikál radikalec radikalna osoba radikal...
11. Thoroughgoing; far-reaching
12. radikaal بِصورَةٍ مُتَطَرِّفَه радикално radicalmente radikálně radikal radikalt; yderliggående ριζικά, ριζοσπαστικά radicalmente radikaalselt perinpohjaisesti radicalement בְּאוֹפֶן יְסוֹדִי मूलत:, आमूलता से, उग्रता से radikalno, korjenito gyökeresen secara mengakar á róttækan hátt radicalmente 根本的に 근본적으로, 철저히 radikaliai, iš esmės radikāli, būtiski dengan radikal radicaalgrunnleggende, radikalt radykalnie, zasadniczo افراطي radicalmente (în mod) radical радикально radikálne korenito radikaln...
13. In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
14. Of or pertaining to the root of a word
15. Arising from or going to a root or source; basic: proposed a radical solution to the problem.
16. In Celtic languages, the basic, underlying form of an initial consonant which can be further mutated under the Celtic initial consonant mutations.
17. Departing markedly from the usual or customary; extreme or drastic: a radical change in diet.
18. In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
19. Relating to or advocating fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions: radical politics; a radical political theorist.
20. A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
21. Medicine Relating to or being surgery that is extreme or drastic in an effort to eradicate all existing or potential disease: radical hysterectomy.
    Medicine
22. A free radical.
23. Linguistics Of or being a root: a radical form.
    Linguistics
24. Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or √, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xⁿ ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
25. Botany a. Of, relating to, or arising from a root: radical hairs.
    Botany
26. Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
27. The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
28. The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.

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“The boy recognised the Chinese characters, though the calligraphy looked a bit strange, as if drawn by someone who had seen them and copied them out radical by radical without knowing what they meant.”

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