postfix
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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something postfixed.
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a suffix.
verb
noun
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The glyph occurs 37 times on this side and, with a prefix and a changed postfix, once on page 24.
From Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs by Gates, William
Here the wing affix to the right is certainly a postfix, the superfix is in the usual left to right order, and the main element written left to right, as in all its other instances.
From Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs by Gates, William
And it will have to be a prefix, not a postfix; for what I may call the syntax of glyph formation must follow that of the speech.
From Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs by Gates, William
That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Ironically, lawyers now say that the requirement for the trademark postfix has no legal force, but the asterisk usage is entrenched anyhow.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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