A person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims
A group of atoms behaving as a unit in a number of compounds
The root or base form of a word
Any of the basic set of 214 Chinese characters constituting semantically or functionally significant elements in the composition of other characters and used as a means of classifying characters in dictionaries
A quantity forming or expressed as the root of another
A radical sign
ep·i·ste·mic(p-stmk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or involving knowledge; cognitive.
[From Greek epistm, knowledge; see epistemology.]
epi·stemi·cal·ly adv.
in·cre·ment(nkr-mnt, ng-)
n.
1. The process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent.
2. Something added or gained: a force swelled by increments from allied armies.
3. A slight, often barely perceptible augmentation.
4. One of a series of regular additions or contributions: accumulating a fund by increments.
5. Mathematics A small positive or negative change in the value of a variable.
ser·en·dip·i·ty
noun /ˌserənˈdipitē/ serendipities, plural
The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way