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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "radical"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€

supporting total and extreme social or political changes
radical definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She joined a radical political group that called for the abolition of capitalism.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāϰāĻŽāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻĨā§€ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāϞ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āĻĒ⧁āρāϜāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧋āĻĒ⧇āϰ āφāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ•, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āϞāĻŦā§€

(of actions, ideas, etc.) very new and different from the norm
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They implemented radical changes to the company's structure to improve efficiency.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϤ⧇ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

originating from or relating to the root or source of something

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their solution addressed the radical problem in the system.
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(of leaves) growing at or arising from the base of a plant or directly from the root or rootstock

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Radical foliage helps identify the species.
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of or relating to a root in language, such as the root of a word

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Linguists studied the radical forms in ancient texts.
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āĻŽā§ŒāϞ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ⧀ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧁āĻĒ

a group of atoms bonded together that behaves as a single unit within a molecule
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When a molecule loses or gains a radical, it can significantly change its properties.
āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϪ⧁ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ŒāϞ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron, often highly reactive

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The antioxidant helps remove oxygen radicals from the bloodstream.
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a person who holds extreme or unconventional ideas or opinions

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Radicals often challenge established institutions.
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a character or component conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Students learned radicals to understand Chinese characters.
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the form of a word after all affixes are removed

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Students identify radicals to study word formation.
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a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He simplified the radical in the equation.

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