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Word: affix (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • linguistic morphology A bound morpheme added to a word?s stem; formerly applied only to suffixes (also called postfixes), the term as now used comprises prefixes, suffixes, infixes, circumfixes, and suprafixes.
  • mathematics The complex number a+bi associated to the point in the Gauss Plane with coordinates (a,b).
  • That which is affixed; an appendage.

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Verb:

  • To attach.

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