Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radication

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rad-i-ca-tion
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of taking root, or state of being rooted.

Uncountable

noun

The disposition of the roots of a plant.

Uncountable

noun

The process of extracting a number's root.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"I recollect no instance at this moment of an 1-locular anther except in Canna, and from its mode of insertion as well as the analogy of other scitamineous anthers, that seems to me rather half an anther, than a whole one: however, the radication, and stipulation fix Sowerbæa immovably near Dianella, as well as the country it comes from"

Etymology

From Middle English radicacyon, from Medieval Latin rādīcātio.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: radicacyon, rādīcātio

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

radications (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

radicate

Synonyms

settlement

Antonyms

eradication

Questions

What does radication mean?: The process of taking root, or state of being rooted.
Where does radication come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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