radication
radication noun: the process of taking root, or state of being rooted.
Noun
radication (usually uncountable, plural radications)
- The process of taking root, or state of being rooted.
- the radication of habits
- So that an essential increase of charity means nothing else but that it is yet more in its subject, which implies a greater radication in its subject.1917, Fathers of the English Dominican Province (translation), Thomas Aquinas (original), Summa Theologiae, Second Part of the Second Part, Question 24
- Synonyms:
- settlement
- The disposition of the roots of a plant.
- radication of plants
- They had a due diffuſion of their roots on all or both ſides, vvhereby they maintained ſome proportion to their height, in Trees of large radication.1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter IIII.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, pages 161–162
- The process of extracting a number's root.
Synonyms of radication
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Forms of radication
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Origin of radication
From Middle English radicacyon, from Medieval Latin rādīcātio.
Questions about radication
- What does radication mean?
- Radication means the process of taking root, or state of being rooted.
- What part of speech is radication?
- Radication is a noun.
- What is the plural of radication?
- The plural of radication is radications.
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