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subfix

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[suhb-fiks] / ˈsʌb fɪks /

noun

  1. subscript.


Etymology

Origin of subfix

1890–95; sub- + -fix, extracted from prefix, suffix, etc.

Example Sentences

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In the affixes, the superfix and prefix positions may as a general rule be regarded as wholly identical; also the subfix and postfix positions.

From Project Gutenberg

A classified list shows 28 compounds of this glyph, 20 of these showing the subfix, and combined with a face or other prefix.

From Project Gutenberg

As the subfix in plate LXIV, 48, is the character I have usually interpreted by u, this would give us some of the elements of the name Kukulcan and not Itzamna, as Seler and Schellhas suppose.

From Project Gutenberg