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Webster 1913 Edition
Postfix
Post′fix
,Noun.
pl.
Postfixes
(#)
. [Pref.
post-
+ -fix
, as in prefix
: cf. F. postfixe
.] (Gram.)
A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix.
Parkhurst.
Post-fix′
,Verb.
T.
To annex; specifically
(Gram.)
, to add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word; to suffix. Parkhurst.
Webster 1828 Edition
Postfix
POSTFIX
,Noun.
Definition 2024
postfix
postfix
English
Verb
postfix (third-person singular simple present postfixes, present participle postfixing, simple past and past participle postfixed)
- (transitive) To suffix.
- (biology) To subject a sample to postfixation
Noun
postfix (plural postfixes)
- Suffix.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Parkhurst to this entry?)
- 2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §9.4
- An example of a postfix operator is the ++ notation used in the C programming language to increment the value of a variable.
Usage notes
Postfix is often used in programming or computing, while suffix is used elsewhere, especially in linguistics.