Radicals

Word RADICALS
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Definitions and meanings of "Radicals"

What do we mean by radicals?

(historical: 19th-century Britain) A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).

(historical: early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.

A person with radical opinions.

A root (of a number or quantity).

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.

In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.

A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.

A free radical.

(commutative algebra, of an ideal) Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or \sqrt{I}, 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.

(of a ring) Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".

(of a module) The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.

The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.

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The word "radicals" in example sentences

The notion that antioxidants like Vitamin C or E are somehow healthy because they neutralise or prevent the formation of free oxygen radicals is widespread and manufacturers of antioxidant supplements definitely enjoy a thriving business based on this idea. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The life and death agenda of the Democratic leftist radicals is well documented. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You will fuel the "I told you so" from radicals is we call the elections fraudulent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not that being closer than Obama to right or left radicals is any problem. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The word of a potential attack by Islamist radicals is the latest in a series of warnings after alerts from the international police organization Interpol and the United States. ❋ Associated Press (2010)

Your constant support, headlining, sensationalizing of these radicals is just adding fuel to the fire. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Obama's connection with radicals is perhaps his sympathy toward drop outs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Obama is willing to meet with the Iranian dictator, have a dialogue with Cuba, listen to racist sermons for 20 years, and continue to hang out with radicals from the 1960s, but can't bother to meet with American generals. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Islam for the radicals is less a religious faith than a political ideology, to be enforced with dour Stalinist resolve. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The reason people become religious radicals is because they feel some sort of hopelessness .. most likely because of poverty or lack of education and lack of opportunity. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The problem in my opinion with Venice is that the 'ex-student radicals from the 60's' are now the new barons. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The murderous ideology of the Islamic radicals is the great challenge of our new century. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Used by what Will calls “social conservatives” and I call radicals or dominationists, the term denotes anyone who votes the way Christian fundamentalists want. ❋ Diane Silver (2006)

(END VIDEOTAPE) MALVEAUX: But the president did indicate, the United States is going to be involved in a struggle against who he calls radicals and extremists for a long period of time. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It was on December 2, 1816, that the extreme section of reformers, now for the first time known as radicals, in alliance with a body of socialists called Spenceans, first came into open collision with the forces of the law. ❋ John Knight Fotheringham (1867)

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