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Infix

Definitions: Infix

Infix

Noun

1. An affix that is inserted inside the word.

Verb

1. Put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text".

2. Attach a morpheme into a stem word.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "infix" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)


Synonyms: Infix

Synonyms: enter (v), insert (v), introduce (v). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Infix

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

An infix is an affix which inserts sounds between the sounds of another morpheme. This is not uncommon in Semitic languages, where roots are three consonants and they are conjugated by changing the vowels and sometimes inserting consonants between them.

English has no true infixes, but several infix-like constructions are often heard:

In the syntax of notations used in mathematics and computer science, infix is used of operators such as the usual addition sign +, which are taken to bind to the variables immediately preceding and following them. See operator for more on the placement of operators.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Infix."

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Synonyms within Context: Infix

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Teaching

Inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate; imbue, impregnate, implant; graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Infix

English words defined with "infix": infix notation, Infixed, Infixing, Inglobe. (references)
Specialty definitions using "infix": algebraic data typeinfix syntaxS-Lang, syntactic sugartype inference. (references)
Etymologies containing "infix": Inglobe. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Infix" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (infix), Romanian (infix).

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Expressions: Infix

Expressions using "infix": infix notation infix syntax. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Infix

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  infix postfix

9

  infix

6

  c++ infix postfix

4

  infix prefix

4

  c code infix language prefix using

3

  conversion infix postfix

3

  convert infix prefix

3

  convert infix postfix

2

  infix java postfix

2

  infix postfix python

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Infix

Language Translations for "infix"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

infiks. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏أقحم (inset, interject, interpolate, nuzzle, poke, squeeze, stab, stick, stuff, thrust, wedge, work in, wring). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

словообразувателен елемент, въвирам, втиквам (insert, plant, push in, stick), вмъкната сричка, запечатвам в ума (inculcate), пъхам (dig, poke, pop, put in, shove, stick, thrust), инфикс. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

中缀. (various references)

   

Czech

  

upevnit (anchor, confine, consolidate, fasten, fix, forge, make up, moor, picket, plant, plant in, rivet, secure, ship, solidify, Spike, steady, strengthen). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فرونشاندن (Appease, Calm, Curb, Extinguish, Lull, Pacify, Quash, Quell, Quench, Relieve, Remit, Repress, Sate, Slack, Soften, Stanch, Stifle, Suppress, Tranquilize), فروکردن (Dig, Embed, Implant, Inculcate, Jam, Poach, Thrust), نشاندن (Embed, Enchase, Imprint, Seat, Set, Stud), جادادن (Accommodate, Chamber, Embed, Fix, House, Incorporate, Incorporation, Insert, Receive, Settle, Stable, Stead). (various references)

   

French

  

insérer (insert, inset, intercalate, introduce). (various references)

   

German

  

einfügung (incorporation, insert, insertion, interpolation, interposition), einfügen (embedding, encasing, fit in, housing, insert, insertion, inset, integrate, intercalate, interpolate, make mention of, put in, scan in, to infix, to insert, to integrate, touch in, write in). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εντυπώ (impress, stamp), εμπήγω (impact, jab, pitch, ram, tamp, thrust). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szóbelseji formáns, behelyez (put in, to insert, to put in, to step). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

infixay

   

Portuguese

  

irresolução (demur, hesitancy, hesitant, irresolution, shilly shally, wavering), infixo, infixar, gravar (carve, character, chase, chip, chisel, cut, enchase, engrain, engrave, grave, impress, imprint, incision, ingraft, inscribe, print, record, score, scrimshaw, stamp), fixar em. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

introduce (admit, bring in, denizen, drive, enter, establish, Herald, insert, interpolate, introduce, make, mix in, offer, phase, phase in, precede, present, put in, set, slip in, tender, usher), infix, implanta (implant), fixa în minte, întipãri în minte (register), înfige (dig, drive, hurl, run, set, stick, thrust). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

вставить, инфикс. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

infiks, umetnuti (inlay, insert, intercalate, interpolate, interpose, parenthesize, put in, sandwich, spatchcock, stick in). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

infijo. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

içine koymak (put inside), tutturmak (attach, be hung up on, bind, bond, braid, clasp, clip, fasten, hasp, insist, latch, pin, rub in, seam together, stereotype, stick, stick together, tack, tack together), telkin etmek (command, imbue, inculcate, indoctrinate, infuse into, inspire, preach, suggest), takmak (affix, attach, bother, fix, fixate, give a damn, hang, hang on, hitch, hook, set, snag, stick, stock, string, thread, wear), sözcüğün ortasına konan ek, kafasına sokmak (beat smth. into smb.'s head, embed, imbue, inculcate, infuse, inseminate, put smb. in mind of, whip), bağlamak (affiliate, assign, attach, attribute, band, bandage, belay, bend, bind, bond, brace, braid, clasp, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, connect, copulate, cord, couple, do up, engage, enthral, enthrall, fasten, fasten up, fix, fixate, grapple, guy, hitch, hook on, hook up, interconnect, interlink, interlock, inthral, join, knit, knit together, knit up, knot, lace, lace up, lash, lash down, leash, ligature, link, link up, lock, lock up, mediatize, oblige, put through, rivet, rope, settle, string, subordinate, switch to, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, truss, unite, Wed). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

інфікс. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Infix

Derivations

Words beginning with "infix": infixation, infixations, infixed, infixes, infixing, infixion, infixions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Infix" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cinefex, ifi, ifid, Iifx, infa, infax, infe, Infean, infid, infil, infin, infir, infit, infixe, ini, inix, injim, inmil, inoffe, inri, nefax, niveaux. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Infix

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-i-i-n-x"

-2 letters: fin, fix, nix.

-3 letters: if, in, xi.

 Words containing the letters "f-i-i-n-x"
 

+1 letter: fixing.

 

+2 letters: fixings, infixed, infixes.

 

+3 letters: affixing, fixating, fixation, infixing, infixion, refixing, spinifex, unfixing.

 

+4 letters: fixations, infixions, inflexion, prefixing, suffixing.

 

+5 letters: affixation, infixation, inflexible, inflexibly, inflexions, postfixing, reaffixing, spinifexes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Infix


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 66 69 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    -.    ..-.    ..    -..-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 01100110 01101001 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#102 &#105 &#120

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0066 0069 0078

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4380727590

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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