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What is a radix?

What is a radix? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biology) A root.
  2. (linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.
  3. (mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as 10 for decimal.
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Selection of a radix may be implicit in the way the margin for risk and uncertainty is set.
Here r is the base, or radix, and the coefficients d i are the digits of the number.
Logic dictated that such a system should be based on the radix used for counting.
Likewise the second round of erasures eliminates all points with a 1 in the second position after the radix point.
All that is needed to comprehend the puzzle is understanding that counting by grouping is most easily recorded in the positional notations, radix being the largest group size.
Ten rhinoplasty operations performed using postauricular fascia for the purpose of augmenting the radix and dorsum of the nose were analyzed retrospectively.

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