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🔤 Word ending part ➕ Operator after number ➕ To add at end
postfix

postfix

8.3
Something you add to the end of a word to change its meaning or form
  • noun
  • /ˈpoʊstˌfɪks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sufijo
  • Do I understand correctly that you use signed instead of N/S postfix (for latitude) or E/W postfix (for longitude) like in NMEA for easier parsing?

Do you know if I write stuff out like this as either prefix or postfix?

Examples

  • Using Postfix, the configuration is always bcc=<email address>; here are links on configuring the same for Sendmail and for Exim.

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  • To form the past tense, we add the postfix 'ed' to regular verbs, turning 'play' into 'played'.

  • But it does not appear to be a postfix server running on port 25 on your IP address.

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  • Do I understand correctly that you use signed instead of N/S postfix (for latitude) or E/W postfix (for longitude) like in NMEA for easier parsing?

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  • In English, we often use a postfix like 'ness' to create nouns from adjectives, such as 'happy' becoming 'happiness'.

  • The suffix 'ing' serves as a postfix that indicates an ongoing action, changing 'run' to 'running'.

Synonyms

ending
vspostfix
  • Specialized
43 2.8

The letters added to a word to change its form, for example -s or -ness

is a specific affix added to the end, not any final segment
suffix
vspostfix
5 2.8

Letters added to the end of a word to make a new word or change its form

is an affix specifically added to the end to change meaning or form

Compounds

postfix notation
  • Specialized
8.3

A way of writing math expressions without parentheses where each sign comes after the numbers

Surface Forms

postfix singular
postfixes plural

Morphology

postfix = fix (semi-transparent) = post + fix

The prefix 'post-' implies 'after', but the specific meaning of 'postfix' as a linguistic term is specialized and not immediately obvious from 'fix'.

Etymology

Postfix comes from the parts post- 'after' and fix 'attach', so a postfix is something 'attached after' a word, like the '-ly' added to 'happy' to make 'happily'.