RADICAL
Definition:
- [noun] (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
Synonyms: group, chemical group
- [noun] an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule than has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule; "in the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells"
Synonyms: free
- [noun] a person who has radical ideas or opinions
- [noun] a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
- [noun] a sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted
Synonyms: sign
- [noun] (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Synonyms: root, root word, base, stem, theme
- [adjective] (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative"
Synonyms: extremist, ultra
- [adjective] markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"
Synonyms: revolutionary
- [adjective] arising from or going to the root; "a radical flaw in the plan"
- [adjective] of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root; "a radical verb form"
- [adjective] especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves"
Synonyms: basal
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Related Words:
- acyl, acyl group
- alcohol group, alcohol radical
- aldehyde group, aldehyde radical
- alkyl, alkyl group, alkyl radical
- allyl, allyl group, allyl radical
- amino, amino group
- azido group, azido radical
- azo group, azo radical
- benzyl, benzyl group, benzyl radical
- benzoyl group, benzoyl radical
- cacodyl, cacodyl group, cacodyl radical, arsenic group
- carbonyl group
- carboxyl, carboxyl group
- chromophore
- cyano group, cyano radical, cyanide group, cyanide radical
- glyceryl
- hydrazo group, hydrazo radical
- hydroxyl, hydroxyl group, hydroxyl radical
- ketone group
- methylene group, methylene radical, methylene
- propyl, propyl group, propyl radical
- butyl
- nitro group
- nitrite
- uranyl, uranyl group, uranyl radical
- vinyl, vinyl group, vinyl radical
- anarchist, nihilist, syndicalist
- Bolshevik, Marxist, pinko, red, bolshie
- extremist
- leveler, leveller
- revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter
- terrorist
- Trotskyite, Trotskyist, Trot
- Wobbly
- Young Turk