predecessor vs radix

predecessor

noun
  • A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model. 

  • One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position. 

  • A vertex having a directed path to another vertex 

radix

noun
  • A primitive word, from which other words may be derived. 

  • A root. 

  • The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal. 

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