Associations to the word «Infix»

Wiktionary

INFIX, verb. (transitive) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
INFIX, verb. (transitive) To instill.
INFIX, verb. (transitive) (linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
INFIX, noun. (linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -i- and -o- in English.
INFIX NOTATION, noun. (mathematics) Notation where operators appear between operands, for example a+b

Dictionary definition

INFIX, noun. An affix that is inserted inside the word.
INFIX, verb. Put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text".
INFIX, verb. Attach a morpheme into a stem word.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis